The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Actress Hathaway 5 Forest components 10 Scored 100 on 14 Hacienda drudge 15 Like much of the Dakotas

16 Alternative to a walker 17 When doubled, miniature golf

18 Video game franchise in which the enemies are pigs

20 “The ___ of Pooh”

(Benjamin Hoff book) 21 Rotten little twerp 22 “Time is money,” e.g. 23 With 51-Across, Eric Carle kid-lit book, after “The”

25 Pal of Chewbacca 27 Put a ding in, say 28 Dadaism pioneer 29 Just sitting around 30 911 responder, in brief 31 Perfectly understood 32 ___ Jemison, first

black woman in space 33 Pub pints

34 Feline in an internet

meme

38 A wartime communication might be sent in it

41 Rogue computer in

“2001”

42 Outcome of haste, it’s

said

46 “Hail!,” to Caesar 47 Promising, as a future 48 Soon-to-be graduate,

usually

49 Backside, in Britain 50 “That’s the spot!” 51 See 23-Across

52 Story that one generally sticks to, whether it’s true or not 54 Pursuer of an “accursed white whale” 56 Button on a cam 57 1980 boxing biopic 59 Many a Meccan 61 Princely school 62 Aquarium buildup 63 Fey of “30 Rock” 64 “Bill & ___ Excellent

Adventure” 65 Requests for Friskies,

perhaps

66 “No problemo!”

DOWN

1 18-Across, e.g.

2 Like hosiery hues,

typically

3 Zero, zip, nada 4 Rapper’s posse

5 In poor taste

6 Like undercooked eggs 7 Logician’s “therefore” 8 April event that’s

“green”

9 Sneakily clever 10 Gastric juice, e.g. 11 Apple coating at a fair 12 When checkmate is

most likely to occur 13 “Just” punishment 19 Cause of ruination 23 Yukon S.U.V. maker 24 Vikki who sang “It

Must Be Him” 26 Smart ___

29 Subtly suggest

33 “Be that as it may &” 35 “Here’s trouble!” 36 BuzzFeed competitor 37 Totally blown away 38 Musical for which Liza

Minnelli won an Oscar 39 Release a fertilizable

egg

40 Part man, part deity 43 Stereotypical place of

exile

44 Sam the Froot Loops

mascot and others 45 Tiny bit of energy 47 Drops from the sky 48 Relatives of weasels

with dark fur

51 Legal drama with

Susan Dey

53 Coal containers

55 ___ Boss (German

fashion house)

58 Leg, in old slang 60 San Francisco area,

with “the”