NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Insect made of paper 8 Puccini opera 14 Microscopic machine 15 Add salt to the wound 16 Prepare for a physical 17 Phrase in beer ads 18 Got in on the deal 19 Vehicle company with a bulldog logo

21 Had down pat

22 “___ were the days” 23 Lead-in to sayer 24 Modern-___

25 Site of a van Gogh bandage

26 Wares on a band’s

merch table

28 PC problem solver 30 Component not found

on a digital watch 32 Hip-hop pal

34 Whack jobs

35 Word that must be added to 1-, 8-, 65- and 66-Across for their clues to make sense [with a visual hint in the grid]

38 The “O” of the

magazine O

41 Calculus calculation 42 Letters on love letters 46 Much of a marching

band

47 Spy org. in Bond movies 48 Night before a big day 49 Myrna of “The Thin

Man”

50 Seashell seller of a

tongue twister 52 Applebee’s or Subway 54 Some native Nigerians 56 Willie who’s #5 in career

home runs

58 Hank who’s #2 in career home runs

59 Get millions of hits, say 61 Crisis center phone

service

63 Glossy finishes 64 “Here’s the solution!” 65 One going from party to

party

66 Orange, black and white

flutterer

DOWN

1 Like couples at movies, typically 2 Water-repellent headgear

3 Yet to come

4 Wounds at Pamplona, say

5 Home 6 Pitchfork-wielding assemblage 7 Brangelina, once 8 Covered with sludge 9 Presidential nickname 10 Presidential nickname 11 In a single attempt 12 Event that once had a four-minute “barrier” 13 Lengthwise

15 Costa ___

20 Test grader’s need 26 OK summer hrs.

27 It may be stored on the

cloud

28 Under the weather 29 Pole workers’ creations 31 Degrees for C.F.O.s 33 Eldest of the Brady

boys

36 Sounds of hesitation 37 Adjective for the

Beatles

38 Binds legally or morally 39 How legal aid lawyers

work

40 Competitor of Duracell

and Eveready

43 More bushed 44 Pertaining to aircraft

technology

45 Starr with a 1998 report 50 Pint-size

51 Frans who painted “The Laughing Cavalier” 52 Settlement-building board game, informally 53 Sesame-seed-and-honey confection 55 ___ Valley (Reagan Library locale) 57 Leveling wedge 60 Stephen of “Citizen X” 62 “How about that!”