The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Extended feature of “Hey

Jude” and “Layla”

5 Heat setting, in brief

8 Many morality tales 14 Mankind, biblically 15 Meaningful work, for short? 16 Serve as a go-between 17 Sunset shade (MT) 19 Churchill portrayer in 2017’s

“Darkest Hour”

20 “Sixteen Tons” singer, often 21 Start of an objection (TX) 23 Props can build it up 25 Encumbered

26 Opposite of an exception 29 It’s played in the 5-Across,

informally

32 It may be hard to follow 34 Booty spot? (PA)

36 All ears

38 “Documentary Now!” cable

channel, originally

39 “... about up to here”

41 Bluff, say

42 Holst’s “The Planets,” for one 44 They’re the pits (AZ) 46 Congress-created media

giant

47 Dispensed, with “out” 48 Throw out

49 Evidence provider for some

citations

51 Go to

53 Sole (UT)

57 Isolates, in a way

61 Withdraw

62 Run off … or how to make the answers to 17-, 21-, 34-, 44- and 53-Across fit their clues

64 Jamaican sprinter Thompson

Herah with five Olympic golds 65 Bottle-___

66 Lumpy citrus

67 Did some campaign work 68 15-Across focus: Abbr. 69 After, before

DOWN

1 Consumer’s energy source,

informally

2 Old music halls

3 Glue amounts, often

4 “Go on, do something

funny”

5 “Sorry ___ sorry” 6 “EastEnders” broadcaster,

with “the”

7 Extra: Abbr.

8 Like leis

9 Was laid up

10 Devil’s bargain,

so to speak

11 Fruit liqueur from Italy 12 Hairy twin in a Bible story 13 In the mail

18 Dress nicely, with “up” 22 Unequaled, ever

24 Best New American Play

award

26 Longtime CBS procedural 27 “Sounds exciting,” sincerely or

sarcastically 28 Going both ways

30 Do something amazing for

another

31 Gives ___ (attempts) 33 Attempts

35 Manhattan component 36 Sounds of realization 37 Actress Harper of “No

Country for Old Men”

40 Their scores are on some coll.

applications

43 Painful effort

45 Enjoyed something with

relish, say

47 ___ milk

50 Poet who originated the phrase “For whom the bell tolls”

52 Clairvoyant’s claim

53 Ready, informally

54 Move, informally

55 “Careful where you open this”

indicator

56 Squeezed (out)

58 A bird in flight,

for Lufthansa

59 Birds whose eyes

don’t move

60 Apt rhyme for “fit”

63 Some items in purses, for

short