N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Tends to, as a sprain 5 Popular fitness magazine 10 Ralphie’s ammo in 1983’s “A Christmas Story” 13 Broadway auntie

14 Pull 15 Scratch maker 16 Where dogs are believed to have been domesticated 10,000+ years ago 17 In ___ (irritable) 18 It’s bound to be big 19 Protection from piracy 21 Courtroom coverage? 22 Extreme, in a U.S. Forest Service fire danger rating

23 Play area at some fast-food restaurants 25 Authored 29 Prepare for sending on, say 30 Elude

31 Like God’s name, in the Lord’s Prayer

35 Snitch (on) 36 Keep for later 38 Crumbly salad topper 39 Tangled up 41 B equivalent 42 Old pal 43 Neighborhood bisected by the Pomona Fwy. 44 Twist 47 Cards, on a scoreboard 48 An old gym sock may have one 49 Crest, e.g. 55 Parsley relative

56 U.S. attack helicopter 57 Golfer’s choice

58 Horse (around) 59 Strike force? 60 New Orleans side dish 61 Saucer users, in brief 62 Swarms 63 Chop ___ DOWN 1 Apple variety

2 Wear after an accident 3 Leader of Qatar 4 Conclude, as a deal 5 Showed obvious interest

6 Like summer in the South 7 On pins and needles

8 Pal of Piglet 9 Place to set a TV remote 10 Hit that goes over the infielders’ heads

11 Disney movie with fewer than a thousand words of dialogue “That’s 15 12 awesome!” Jeans that have been summerized Standing on 20 24 the street “That’s funny!,” in a text

25 You might see right through it 26 “___ Almighty,” 2007 film

27 It’s what you would expect

28 “Way to go!,” to an antiques buyer

29 Little ___ (state nickname) 32 Possible symptom of an allergic reaction

33 List curtailer 34 Just the facts 36 Timesaver … as a computer user would see in four answers in this puzzle? 37 12:50

40 Sign of a sellout 41 Course after trig

43 Actor Hawke and others 44 Elude 45 Peabrain 46 Some historic Amelia Earhart flights 47 Longtime senator Thurmond 50 Award started by the Village Voice

51 Things not found in binary code, paradoxically

52 TV streaming device

53 Tales of the past

54 Feb. 14