N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Get ready to hem, say 6 Hankering 10 Thomas Edison's middle name 14 Boxing venue

15 ___ Hari (W.W. I spy) 16 Russian “no” 17 City where you won't find the

Eiffel Tower 19 Cotton processors 20 Not to mention … 21 Org. for which Jason Bourne works in “The Bourne Identity” 22 Author Charlotte, Emily or Anne

24 City where you won't find the Parthenon 28 1965 Alabama march site 30 Saintly “Mother” 31 Utopian 32 Plant on a trellis

33 1950s White House nickname 36 “Nuts!”

37 Gets ready, as for surgery 39 Insect flying in a cloud 40 CPR pro

41 Sound made by helicopter rotors

42 Rings, as a

church bell 43 Yasir of the P.L.O.

45 What the back of a store might open onto

46 City where you won't find Virgil's Tomb

50 Pal of Jerry on “Seinfeld”

51 Driveway material

52 QB successes 55 Excessive drinking or gambling 56 City where you won't find the El Greco Museum

60 Neck and neck

61 Cousin of “Kapow!” 62 Refrigerator compound 63 Cincinnati squad

64 “Well, that was stupid of me!” 65 Commuter boat

DOWN

1 Owner of the first bed that Goldilocks tested 2 Tehran's land

3 “Here comes Poindexter!” 4 Prefix with lateral or cellular 5 Easterrelated

6 “Let me rephrase that …” 7 Receipt line just above the total

8 Org. that runs Windy City trains 9 Fading stars 10 Kind of goat that's the source of mohair

11 Not upstanding, in either sense of the word 12 20-ounce size at Starbucks 13 Confounded 18 Bit of attire you might learn how to put on while using a mirror 23 Valentine's Day flower 25 I.R.S. agent, quaintly 26 More than a couple

27 Part of a golf club

28 Pro or con, in a debate 29 Dutch cheese

33 All riled up 34 Curly-leafed cabbage 35 Online market for craftspeople 37 What follows the initial part of a master plan

38 Repeated bit in jazz

39 Neuter, as a horse

41 Small, brown bird 42 Join in

couples

43 1986 sci-fi sequel set in deep space

44 Venerated

symbols

46 “Not a chance!” 47 Still surviving

48 Walked nervously back and forth

49 Far out

53 Designer

Christian

54 ___ Pictures, one of Hollywood's Big Five studios

57 Cry of surprise 58 Drink like a cat

59 Bauxite, e.g.