NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Flaky mineral

5 She “walked like a woman and talked like a man,” in a Kinks song 9 Say with conviction 13 Lots

14 Film format that’s sometimes in 3-D 15 Mushroom’s reproductive cell 16 Refined chap

17 Base for long-distance carriers?

19 “This is looking extremely bad for me!” 21 Person setting the stage? 22 Archaeologist played by Harrison Ford, informally 23 Lyricist Gershwin 25 Ricky Martin’s “Livin’ La Vida ___” 26 South Asian shade tree 28 Prohibit

29 Fuel that contributes

to global warming 30 A mere pittance 33 What “X” might represent on a treasure map

34 An official language

of Canada: Abbr. 35 Ink-squirting creature 40 Unexpected hit

43 Size in a lingerie shop 47 Rebel on many T-shirts 48 Wears away

49 “… ish”

50 “The Star-Spangled Banner” contraction 51 Hardly an upscale bar 52 Cell that fires on impulse 54 Emission from radioactive decay 57 Cleopatra’s lover 60 Shower affection (on) 61 Annual athletic awards 62 Canadian Plains tribe 63 Wee bit

64 Eliot who chased Capone

65 File size units, informally

66 IDs collected by H.R.

DOWN

1 Storied traveling trio 2 Unit in an online cart 3 “I’m listening …”

4 Stop and go, e.g. 5 “Sing” without singing 6 Leave out

7 Fall behind

8 Body spray brand 9 High-level H.S. class with integrals

10 It has its charms 11 Beethoven’s Third 12 Undo, as a law 15 ___-Cat (winter vehicle) 18 Chimp’s relative 20 Grows fur for the winter, say

23 Pro at building financial worth, slangily 24 Kitchen appliance 26 Secretive email option 27 “That’s the spot!” 31 Actress Anne of “Donnie Brasco”

32 ___ de corps

36 1951 film featuring Nero 37 Brand of kids’ wear with Superman and Batman options 38 Filler for a cooler 39 Some A.L. sluggers 41 N.C.A.A. women’s

basketball powerhouse 42 Overnight flights 43 People who target the starts of 17-, 30-, 40and 57-Across

44 Paper fold

45 Takes by force 46 Raunchy 1981 comedy with two sequels 53 Intl. group headquartered in D.C. 54 Rare blood type,

for short

55 Memo heading abbr. 56 Pro votes

58 Channel showing old films 59 Valuable rock