The New York Times

Crossword

ACROSS

1 Apt rhyme for “paws”

6 Cries loudly

10 Mountain

14 Maximum allowed

15 One really shouldn’t be used to clean your ears, doctors say

16 Relaxed feeling

17 The first Mrs. Donald Trump

18 Strong desire

19 Gazelle, to a cheetah

20 Red hat of the Ottoman Empire

21 One of the two main branches of Islam

23 Dogs with curly tails

25 Higher on the Rotten Tomatoes rating scale

27 Ire

28 Clothing line?

29 Not yet found, as a criminal

32 Popular samesex dating app

35 Be hurting

36 Birth control option, for short

37 Sounds of wonderment

38 Singing voice above baritone

40 Italian wine region

41 Sweetie

42 Like some retro carpeting

43 Most strange

45 More intelligent

47 Wowed

48 The “R” of H.R.H.

49 What one should do twice before cutting once

53 Major toymaker

55 Sound of a contented cat

56 The “p” of m.p.h.

57 “Fancy seeing you here!”

58 Very: Fr.

60 U.S. facility in Cuba, informally

62 Country bordering Yemen

63 Bring on staff

64 Egg-shaped

65 ___ pot (device for clearing sinuses) 66 Thanksgiving side dish

67 Al ___ (firm, as pasta)

DOWN

1 Steep drop-off

2 Meat that may

be “chopped”

3 Wow

4 Take the pot, in poker

5 Tucked (away)

6 Wiggle from discomfort

7 ___ vez (again, in Spanish)

8 Humongous

9 Ancient tool for hunters or warriors

10 Edible squash seed

11 Phenomenon witnessed from space … or a hint to this puzzle’s sequence of shaded squares

12 On the ocean

13 C minor and F sharp major, for two

22 Like a diet low in sodium and favoring whole grains

24 Salad green some chefs massage to soften

26 Tax IDs: Abbr.

27 Texas city between Dallas and Austin

30 Courage, metaphorically

31 Computer menu with Undo and Redo

32 Bunches

33 Wander

34 “Gotcha”

35 “Life of Pi” director Lee

39 ___ Grey tea

40 Does sums

42 Eyelid irritation

44 “For heaven’s sake!”

46 Twisty-shaped pasta

47 Entertains

50 Supermodel Kate

51 Send, as a payment

52 Wear away

53 What the Apollo

8 crew was orbiting when astronaut Bill Anders took his iconic 11-Down photograph

54 “Alas!”

55 Salon job

59 Narrow inlet

61 “So ___ heard”