NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Jiggly

dessert

6 Reclining hero pose, for one

11 Film special

f/x

14 Sci-fi vessel 17 She/___

pronouns

18 Like a government led by thieving politicians 19 Comic strip

cry

20 Platte River

people

21 Diesel found in street racers?

22 Costco unit 23 Ingredient in

a hurricane 26 Cute, cutely 28 Held in

suspense

29 Peak whose name means “the high one”

31 Some footwear fasteners

34 Adult insect

stage

35 Sci-fi vessel 38 Fig Newtons

manufacturer 40 Primeval

41 Science fiction vessel

44 East Coast Amtrak service with the fastest trains in the Americas 45 Some cheerful folks

46 Heavy-handed sorts

47 Instrument

with a pedal 49 Part of an IV

or an old TV 51 Denver

winter hrs. 52 Site of a

terrible fall? 53 Org. in “The

X-files”

55 On the ___ 57 Helmed

58 Sci-fi energy rays that might suck up earthly bodies, as depicted three times in this puzzle 64 Chum

65 Performer who might step on some toes? 66 On the ___ 67 Knight’s

mount

68 Gumbos, e.g.

DOWN

1 Airport alternative to Newark Liberty

2 Building wing 3 Strong cleaner 4 Sass

5 Not flummoxed by

6 Longest river entirely in Switzerland

7 Most urbane 8 When “Time Warp” is sung in the musical “The Rocky Horror Show” 9 German veto 10 Path of a

comet

11 Crib notes 12 Gaggle

components 13 Cross

15 2018 John

Travolta flop 16 Trash hauler

[Moooooooo!] 22 Chili pepper or bell pepper, scientifically 23 Update, as

a site layout 24 Without

shame

25 1976 hit by Heart [Heeeeelp!] 27 WWII war

zone, in brief 28 Place for a drink while traveling [Hooooonk!] 29 Loud, unpleasant noises

30 Fly off the

handle

32 “Well, ___ escalated quickly!”

33 Stimpy’s chum of toondom

35 Seconds or

thirds

36 Quiet spot to

moor a boat 37 Grps. organizing book sales, maybe 39 Half of D

42 One of seven in the Constitution 43 Tallahassee

sch.

46 Feature on either brother of Smith Bros. cough drops 47 Lends a hand 48 Unbeatable

50 Result of a leaky pen, perhaps

53 Chi Psi, e.g.,

informally 54 It’s bound to be eaten by livestock 56 Major corp.

hirees

58 Atlanta-based

network

59 ___ Allen, host of “Chopped” on the Food Network

60 Tolkien’s Leaflock, for one 61 One of a pair of “bullets,” in poker

62 Pokémon with a catlike appearance 63 One section of a HS yearbook