NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Seize

6 Alternative to “swipe” for a credit card

9 Pizazz

14 Word with life or

screen

15 One of the Manning

brothers 16 Measurement on an

electric meter

17 Fly the coop 19 Spanish restaurant

fare

20 Prepared to fight

Goliath? 22 Scheming

23 Like the numerals 1,

2and3

27 Dutch beer named

for a river

31 ___-chic

33 “I’m ___ Boat” (Lonely Island song)

34 Practiced changing one’s costume by the clock?

36 The Cowboys and Cowgirls of the N.C.A.A.

37 Private university of

North Carolina 38 Leader who was the author of “On Protracted War” 39 First murder victim 40 Common wine

barrel material 41 Invested on

Broadway, say? 45 Article in Le Monde 46 Taking off 47 Earmarks 48 Matchbox, e.g. 50 NBC staple since

1975, in brief 51 Betrayed Paddington? ... or what 20-, 34- and 41-Across did in this puzzle

58 Arm bones 61 Something you shouldn’t take lying down?

62 Philly school

63 In which the pinky and thumb pointing out represents Y, in brief

64 Like a cemetery at night, maybe

65 ___ Popovich, longtime coach for the Spurs 66 Turndowns

67 Latin dance

DOWN

1 It’s written as “C.C.C.P.” in Cyrillic 2 Japanese rice wine 3 Pupil’s place

4 Chris formerly of 50-Across

5 Gave positive reinforcement

6 Old presidential nickname

7 Penne ___ vodka 8 Spot from which to say “bon voyage” 9 Protruding feature on a cliff

10 Tennis star Naomi 11 Hiker’s aid

12 Sports org. with an annual championship on the weekend before Memorial Day

13 “___ So Shy” (1980 Pointer Sisters hit) 18 Actress Reese of “Touched by an Angel”

21 Waikiki locale 24 Owie

25 Ad section in a

newspaper, maybe 26 Seals, in a way 27 Dined at a

restaurant

28 City in which to see “Il Cenacolo” (“The Last Supper”) 29 Motown legend

Robinson

30 Perfect score, often 31 Prominent parts of

toucans

32 Plains tribe 35 Sonoma and Yukon 39 Leatherworker’s

tool

41 Extra-loud, as a

loudspeaker 42 Prefix with nautical 43 Fine partner? 44 Audience for which a G-rated film is appropriate 49 Keeping in the loop,

in a way 50 Unloads, so to

speak

52 Bridge

53 Meh

54 La ___ Tar Pits 55 Rank associated with tea and sandwiches? 56 Honeybees’ genus 57 Large flightless bird 58 Toupee, slangily 59 Borrower’s concern,

for short

60 Poor grade