new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Tiny cheese sandwiches, of a sort

9 A thread winds

around it 14 Nest-raiding

insect 16 Surrender 17 Computer

icon, e.g.

18 Paid to play 19 Pro’s opposite,

in slang

20 Places frequented

by Dorian Gray 22 Dish made

from 7-Down 24 Nonnative plant? 25 Ironman race,

briefly

28 Existing

32 Threw

36 One likely to have a large collection of albums 39 Grammy-winning R. Kelly hit of 1996

40 They’re often

upsetting

41 See 25-Down 42 Flowers named after the Greek word for “star” 43 Went nowhere 44 Abbr. by a

blinking light 46 ___ Yantra (sacred Hindu diagram formed by nine interlocking triangles) 48 Stumble out of

the gate, say 54 What “:”

can mean 57 Teachers

of karma 58 High-quality window composition 61 Sphere

62 “Wag the Dog”

co-star, 1997 63 Bat around

64 “No need to

elaborate”

DOWN

1 Strike 2 Declaration after looking at one’s cards 3 ___ stand 4 Band with the gold-certified albums “Tres Hombres” and “El Loco” 5 Ignorant middle class, per

H. L. Mencken 6 Fortune Global 500 bank 7 Ingredient in 22-Across

8 Take a shot 9 Inundate 10 Christmas

decoration 11 Quinceañera, for

15-year-old girls 12 Neither up

nor down

13 Joins

15 “Eww, stop!” 21 They’re old

and tired

23 Work together 25 With 41-Across, one bending unexpectedly? 26 1994 Peace Prize

sharer 27 Woman’s name

meaning “peace” 29 Some wasp

nest sites

30 Rid of

impurities 31 Tree-tapping

spigot

33 Some sporty

Italian wheels 34 “The Simpsons”

aunt

35 Meeting

on the DL 37 Powerful tool

for Dumbledore 38 Follows a

healthful diet 45 Try

47 ___ of Langerhans (part of the pancreas)

48 Cut of meat 49 Boris Pasternak

heroine

50 Parting of the clouds, maybe

51 After

52 Baroque artist

Guido

53 Strong, sharp

smell 55 Instrument with a needle, for short

56 Plant watcher,

for short

59 River that forms part of the England/Wales boundary 60 Collected

works