N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Key for Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” 6 A house may be built on it 10 Burlesque accessories 14 Web-footed mammals 15 A goose egg 16 Gimlet garnish

17 —

18 Locale suggested by this puzzle’s theme

20 Malcolm Gladwell best seller that explores the 10,000-hour rule

22 Ice cream container 23 Virginia Woolf’s “___ Dalloway” 24 Statue of ___, figure atop the U.S. Capitol

26 ___ culpa 29 Autobahn hazard 30 Elflike

31 Big hopper 32 Things with perks?

36 —

37 “I need to speak with you,” briefly 38 Capote sobriquet 39 Cartomancy tool

40 Brand of spread for sandwiches and toast 41 Bouncer’s equipment 43 —

44 Ingredient in a Cuban sandwich 45 Spanish 23-Across: Abbr.

46 Holy

Trinity part

47 Ones coming for a ride? 49 Select

52 Wood rich in tannins 53 “Yankee Doodle” epithet that’s also the name of a food 55 Nickname for 18-Across, and a hint to how four answers in this puzzle are to be entered 59 Instrument played using circular breathing

60 Nashville music mecca, informally 61 “Old MacDonald” sound

62 —

63 Where Achilles took a dip?

64 Little ones 65 They can be treated with warm compresses

DOWN

1 English town known for its salt

2 ___ de sel 3 Goes the distance

4 ___ Gawande, author of the 2014 best seller “Being Mortal” 5 Embodied 6 Catch

7 Take five

8 S.I. V.I.P.s 9 Balls of yarn, fake mice, etc.

10 Gossip 11 Big

Alaska export

12 “You think that’s true about me?” 13 “SpongeBob SquarePants” setting

19 ___ Rebellion, 1808 uprising in New South Wales 21 Language that gave us “spunk” and “slogan” 25 Piece of information 26 Performers of the ceremonial haka dance 27 Noted example of corporate misconduct 28 Stone with curved bands 29 Violinist Zimbalist 31 Dweller in a eucalyptus forest 32 Capitulates 33 Have a loan from

34 Strand at the airport, maybe 35 Lettershaped part of a sink 39 Whirled powers? 41 What it takes two to tie

42 Time it takes light to travel .3 mm: Abbr. 47 Novelist Santha

Rama ___

48 Grades

49 Hot alcoholic

drink

50 1973 #1 Rolling Stones love ballad 51 Fishing spots 52 Traditional gemstone for a seventh wedding anniversary 54 Gas

55 Galas

56 Make a decision 57 Sardonic 58 Italian god