The New York Times

ACROSS

1 Part of a relay race

4 Book after the Gospels 8 Blows one’s top 14 Some of its members wear P.P.E.

15 Lava, e.g.

16 Be in favor of 17 *Having panache 19 Computer accessory 20 Feeling ready for bed 21 Neighbor of an Arkansawyer 23 Eastern “way” 24 Dublin’s land, to natives 25 *Trinket

28 File of documents 31 Fish-eating bird 32 Awards for ad agencies 34 Equipment for pentathletes 35 *State that many people want to get to on vacation? 40 Unadventurous 41 Hang 42 Hundredths of a peso

45 Tusked marine creature of the Arctic 50 *Gaudy display 52 Move like molasses 53 “Hometown proud” supermarket chain 54 Rob of “St. Elmo’s Fire”

55 Carrier of sweatpants and sneakers 57 Everglades mammal 60 Game in which the answers to the starred clues are legal plays but cannot be formed even if you have both blanks 62 Difficult situations 63 Cake layer 64 Poet’s nightfall 65 Puts on the schedule 66 Action that may be “contagious” 67 Dejected

DOWN

1 Ran out, as a subscription 2 Estevez of “St. Elmo’s Fire” 3 Crystal ___ (some prognosticators)

4 Letters of urgency 5 Warm and snug 6 Looney Tunes nickname 7 Watch surreptitiously 8 California’s motto

9 Tech school in Troy, N.Y.

10 Airer of TV’s “Moesha” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” 11 Thick soups 12 Thick syrups 13 Four, on a par 4 hole 16 Paprika or pepper 18 Snoring symbols 22 Face, in slang 25 ___ Jenner, Kardashian family matriarch 26 More eager 27 Back of the neck 29 Cold weather roofing problem 30 Golfer Ernie 33 Adage 35 Glass-___ (1933 banking legislation, informally) 36 Home of Dar es Salaam 37 Cracker name since 1934 38 “S.N.L.” alum Horatio 39 Place for a mud bath

40 Economizes 43 Drivers who rarely have passengers 44 Some Siouan speakers 46 Gestation station? 47 Paper tiger? 48 Georgia’s state wildflower 49 Bigfoot or yeti 51 Having some kick

55 Got bigger 56 Kitten’s plaything 58 T.S.A. employee, e.g.: Abbr.

59 & 61 Org. once headed by George H. W. Bush