The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Did a bang-up job 10 Iota 15 Country without an official army, navy or air force 16 Counterpart of “blanche” 17 Revelation 18 G.I. pal of Forrest Gump 19 Plug, say 20 Big name in (slip-on shoes 22 “Guarding ___” (1994 Shirley Maclaine movie) 23 “Sure, they can go right ahead” 25 Tank 26 Crystal gazer’s lead-in 27 Props to a proofreader 30 Scrip specs 34 1994 Olympics locale: Abbr. 35 Amusement park ride, perhaps 38 Company division 40 Like some parking and poetry 41 Tasmania’s capital 42 Free add-on? 43 TNT, in poker slang 44 Spot of coffee? 47 Lead-in to service or sacrifice 49 Diciembre : (doce :: enero : ___ 50 Shiny balloon material 54 Winter Olympics maneuver 55 Certain bank job 57 Relative of mauve 59 Queen’s “We Are the Champions” vis-à-vis “We Will Rock You” 61 Cut back 63 More calculating 64 Attraction at a water park 65 Broadway character who sings “The Rumor” 66 One way to gauge how (well connected you are

DOWN

1 Looped in, in a way 2 Kind of treatment 3 Classic hit that begins “My friends feel it’s their appointed duty &” 4 Solid 5 Go down 6 “I shall see thee, ___ I die, look pale with love”: “Much Ado About Nothing” 7 Force 8 Become slick, in a way 9 Landing place 10 Letters that can fill in the blanks of “_A_D_ER” to make an appropriate surname 11 Elusive thing for a popular show 12 Pool service? 13 Rub out 14 Junglelike 21 One who knows the drama of raising children? 24 Maze runner 28 Swindle 29 Ankle-biter 30 Dashboard abbr. 31 “Do Ya” band, informally 32 Experimented with 33 Enterprise group 36 Kylo of “Star Wars” 37 Sixers in pro sports, for short? 39 Elementium or obsidium, in World of Warcraft 40 Low sound 42 Oversize letter at the beginning of a chapter 45 Initiates a proposal, maybe 46 “Good heavens!” 47 Fresh 48 Once you’re forced into this, there’s no going back 51 Stopping point 52 Still in it 53 Tears down 56 Sluggish flow 58 Official document, informally 60 = 62 Time for a countdown: Abbr.