N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Cloths used to collect dust 5 ___ elephant 10 Habitat for a trout 14 Org.with a Grand Esteemed Loyal Knight 15 Creation from a kit 17 Part of Iran that can get quite hot 19 Novelist Wilson who wrote“The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit” 20 Popular early 2000s R&B artist 21 Aziz of “Observe and Report” 23 Org. to call for a jump-start 26 German dissent 27 Suddenly showed interest 30 Shape for a locket 31 Scent 32 Israeli region that includes Eilat 34 Band engagement 35 2008 Olympic men’s tennis gold medalist 40 Air passenger’s request 42 Bull’s-eye, for Target 43 Didn’t speak of, as a touchy subject 48 Game similar to baccarat 49 Health resort 50 Catches in a net 51 Chicago airport 53 Rimes with the 2002 hit“Can’t Fight the Moonlight” 54 “Finally, though as important …” 60 Supports for a lower joint 61 ___ qua non (essential element) 62 Psychoanalysis appt. 63 “Like ___, all tears”: Hamlet 64 Fashion magazine that can be read from back to front?

DOWN 1 “Notorious ___”(best seller about a member of the Supreme Court) 2 First full month of D.S.T. 3 Attends without an escort 4 Like something that can be closed tight 5 Lash out at 6 Digitize, as a document 7 Suffix with president 8 No. of concern in a cockpit 9 Nascar Hall-of-Famer Jarrett 10 Shedding, as weight 11 “The Story of ___” (1975 film by Truffaut) 12 “The Muppet Show”host 13 SingerJohn who was born Reginald Dwight 16 Sitcom cook who said “Stow it!” 18 Matador’s opponent 21 “Chacun ___ goût” 22 Basilica part 23 Ballplayer Rich who started and ended his 15-year career as a Giant 24 Farthest point in an orbit 25 Pitcher’s asset 28 Retouches after a fly ball is caught 29 McKellen of “The Hobbit” 33 Distillery sight 36 Soprano Licia who performed hundreds of times at the Met 37 Something in a simile that’s dead beyond doubt 38 Fever fit 39 Quite a bit 41 Figs. on a StanfordBinet test 43 Rabbi Meir who served in the Knesset 44 Gets the lead out? 45 Doors, in Brest 46 African pest 47 Fussy to a fault 48 Final word in a Porky Pig short 52 Tidal retreat 53 Leopold’s 1924 codefendant 55 Caterer’s coffeepot 56 Red snapper, at a sushi restaurant 57 Cpl. or sgt. 58 Fall ’75 TV debut 59 End of each word in 17-, 27-, 43- and 54-Across — as well as every clue (and that’s a fact!)