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Mon, Nov 11, 2013 by NYTimes

Across

  1. 1. "The Lord of the Rings" creatures
  2. 5. Sprinkle with holy water
  3. 10. Number in a quartet
  4. 14. Muck
  5. 15. Preceded, with "to"
  6. 16. Loll
  7. 17. New ___ (Enya type)
  8. 18. Licoricelike flavor
  9. 19. Colored part of the eye
  10. 20. Friendly comment after providing information
  11. 23. Sports stadium
  12. 24. Lesser-played part of a 45
  13. 25. Cellist Casals
  14. 28. Puccini opera or its heroine
  15. 32. Put ___ happy face
  16. 34. Goes "pop!," as a jack-in-the-box
  17. 38. Shakespeare in the Park founder/producer Joseph
  18. 40. Italian birthplace of Paganini
  19. 41. Captain ___ (pirate)
  20. 42. Rome's nickname, with "the"
  21. 45. Lock unlocker
  22. 46. The king, in France
  23. 47. Volleyball star Gabrielle
  24. 49. Cuckoo ___
  25. 53. French words describing how roast beef is often served
  26. 56. Author of the verse that starts with the beginnings of 20-, 34- and 42-Across
  27. 59. Coca-___
  28. 61. Bramble
  29. 62. ___ about (approximately)
  30. 63. Prefix with lock
  31. 64. Whiskered creature
  32. 65. Loaned
  33. 66. Dynamite sound
  34. 67. Insects with big stingers
  35. 68. Where sailors go

Down

  1. 1. Nebraska's largest city
  2. 2. Severity
  3. 3. Party streamer material
  4. 4. One of the Williams sisters
  5. 5. Lacking pizazz
  6. 6. Sultry singer Horne
  7. 7. Does some magazine work
  8. 8. Fish-on-rice serving
  9. 9. Put the pedal to the metal
  10. 10. Simple means of animation
  11. 11. They're in locks on a boat
  12. 12. Israeli-made gun
  13. 13. In medias ___
  14. 21. Keep ___ on (watch)
  15. 22. Tennis do-overs
  16. 26. Org. for women drivers
  17. 27. Pitcher Hershiser
  18. 29. Quirky bandleader with the City Slickers
  19. 30. Give up
  20. 31. Handy-___
  21. 32. German automaker
  22. 33. Kids' detective ___ the Great
  23. 35. "Monsters, ___"
  24. 36. Alternative to rouge in roulette
  25. 37. Box-office take
  26. 39. Declare loudly
  27. 43. River near the Pyramids
  28. 44. 2013, e.g.
  29. 48. Domelike top
  30. 50. U-shaped bend in a river
  31. 51. Magna ___
  32. 52. Makes woolen bootees, e.g.
  33. 54. Slightly leading in score
  34. 55. Mattress brand
  35. 56. Voice below soprano
  36. 57. Shallow's opposite
  37. 58. Makes mistakes
  38. 59. Hack's vehicle
  39. 60. Yoko who married John

This puzzle was published on Monday, Nov 11, 2013 in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. Edited by Will Shortz.

— NYTimes

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