NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Hitchcock film with Laurence Olivier

8 Exaggerate

15 Edited, in a way 16 Wound up 17 James is keeping me from getting a steam engine patent

19 Make a scene 20 Itsy-bitsy bits 21 Discrimination 22 Some delivery drivers’ plans: Abbr. 24 Big Ten powerhouse, for short 25 Edward VII, familiarly 26 Presidential ex 28 Out of one’s head 29 Half-days, for short 30 Real downers 34 Genealogist’s work 35 Hockey, to Gordie

38 Princes, e.g.

39 Nation whose flag has a black eagle on a solid red background 40 Middle name of Sean Lennon 41 Low island

42 Cheating meeting? 46 Over-the-counter cold remedy 48 Brest friend

51 Drains

52 Calvin who may have designs on you

53 Place for French lessons 55 One making a row? 56 A former leader of China gave his shar-peis some exercise

59 Extract of beef fat 60 Fascinate 61 What’s turned up on someone’s face?

62 Request from the curious

DOWN

1 Nuke, maybe

2 Challenging bet

3 Outdo

4 Setting for an O’s game 5 Mexican thing

6 Screenplay directive

7 Fictional swordsman

8 AOL and MSN

9 “Car Talk” carrier

10 Paid, as a bill 11 Lung-related

12 Top pros

13 Driving schedule?

14 Member of Ronald Reagan’s cabinet 18 It’ll never get off the ground 23 Impedes

25 It holds water

27 Copier

28 Big butte

31 Shorthand system inventor Pitman 32 Well

33 It may have a ring to it 34 Reaction to sad news 35 Southernmost major U.S. city 36 How a flamingo may stand

37 Coll. hoops competition

38 Old school dance

41 Response to a discouraging comment 43 Louts

44 Frequent co-signatory

45 Fly over the Equator

47 Attach, in a way

48 Big heart?

49 Cable ___

50 Massey of old movies

53 Jennifer of “Pride and Prejudice,” 1995 54 Like custard

57 Sequel to “Angela’s Ashes”

58 Mr., abroad