The New York Times

ACROSS

1 Alternative to subway or taxi 4 Privately includes on an email 8 Farm towers 13 “Hold on ___!” 15 Most populous Hawaiian island 16 Scoring 100% on 17 Last runner in a relay

19 French writer Jean

20 1986 #1 hit by Falco 22 Capable 24 Prefix with -ceps 25 Dance with clicking sounds

26 In ___ (as found) 27 Place that’s an appropriate rhyme for “aah” 29 Ones foretelling the future 31 Title lyric heard 41 times in a 1965 Beach Boys hit 34 Big name in ice cream 35 Persian Gulf land: Abbr. 36 Designer item from Hermès or Kate Spade 37 “Cogito ergo ___” 40 Red-haired toy craze of 1996

43 They say this “ain’t over until the fat lady sings” 45 “Yes, cap’n”

46 “99 Luftballons” singer, 1984 47 “No ___ do!” 48 Large wine container 50 Bonus item 51 Request from the voracious plant in “Little Shop of Horrors” 55 “Color me impressed!” 56 Comment after getting off a dizzying amusement park ride 59 Christopher who directed “Dunkirk” 60 V.I.P.s at board meetings 61 Falco of “The Sopranos” 62 Symbols in movie ratings 63 Stitches 64 Which came first … this or the chicken?

DOWN

1 Call to Little Bo-Peep 2 Mil. branch for sailors

3 On the down-low 4 When tripled, catchphrase of the Muppets’ Swedish Chef 5 Completely zen 6 World’s fastest land animal (up to 70 m.p.h.) 7 Icing, essentially 8 It’s a long story 9 Lemonade + ___ = Arnold Palmer 10 Like the equation y = 2x + 3 11 Outdoes in a backand-forth 12 Superiors to cpls. 14 Slice and dice 18 Mo. for trick-ortreaters

21 Call wrongly

22 Arthur ___ Stadium, U.S. Open locale 23 Ran out of battery 27 Italy’s Blue Grotto is a famous one 28 School for 3- and 4-year-olds, informally 30 Sharp part of a knife 32 Conservationist John who co-founded the Sierra Club 33 Heed 37 Activity for a snow day

38 “Er, I think I’ll pass”

39 Gripe

40 Make the rounds? 41 Penalty for missing the payment deadline 42 Ultimate purpose 43 Large feline kept as a pet by Salvador Dalí

44 Classic Spanish rice dish 49 Adidas competitor 50 Big inits. in 1990s internet 51 Signs of nearby sharks 52 Clothing store department 53 “#@&%! My toe!” 54 Military cafeteria 57 “Butt”

58 Large beer container