n.Y. times crossword

ACROSS

1 Fictional character with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

9 Nail care brand

14 Friend of Ishmael

15 People indigenous to the Colorado River 16 9/8 Central, e.g.

17 Disturbed, maybe

18 Time’s 2006 Person of the Year

19 What someone no longer is as soon as he is identified as one, per George Carlin

21 Reason 24 Golden ratio symbol

25 First name in Objectivism

26 What might come after a cow or a sheep? 27 Repute

28 Drink often served chilled

29 Introduction to folks?

32 Santa ___

33 Till fill 36 Junk heap

37 Some early “astronauts”

38 Habitat for an ibex

39 Closes, in a way

41 Grp. once known as the National Congress of Mothers

42 It “sailed the ocean blue”

43 Exercise in dexterity 47 Cartesian conclusion

48 Animal on the Michigan state flag

49 Part of many a street name

51 Good to go?

54 It may be in a sling

55 All fired up?

56 Sauce made with yogurt and cucumbers

59 Sets free

60 Spare item?

61 Storage units

62 “It’s complicated …”

DOWN

1 Welldressed, photogenic guy

2 “Absolument!”

3 Modest, as clothing

4 Sleep unit?

5 They’re high in the Ivy League

6 Lollapaloozas

7 Film director Sergio

8 Gobetweens: Abbr.

9 Lass with a lasso 10 “Eeep!”

11 Go out, but not for long?

12 Critic or comedian, it’s said

13 Strobe stuff

15 Main entrances?

20 Many a software download

22 Heart

23 “Impressive!”

27 City destroyed by 1-Across

30 He had a heel that wouldn’t heal

31 Zookeepers’ rounds, informally

33 eBay feature

34 One involved in mass production?

35 Tony winner after “Avenue Q” 37 Set against

39 Cold evidence

40 It took 70 years to complete, in brief

44 Remove a belt from

45 Japanese radish

46 Weather phenomenon portrayed by Chris Farley on “S.N.L.”

49 Harriet’s hubby on 1950s-’60s TV

50 Parents

52 Ming dynasty artifact

53 Minute, informally

57 It might be in the bag

58 Alternative to a cab