THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 "Let's take it from the ___"

4 Kind of exam that's not written 8 Seafood often served on a toothpick 13 Clean Air Act org. 14 Anaconda, e.g. 15 Lopsided wins 16 Mess up

17 Open the door for 18 President elected with the slogan "Yes we can"

19 "Hurry up!"

22 It can get you into a lather

23 ___ Shriver, sister of J.F.K. and founder of the Special Olympics

27 Computer glitch 28 "Watch your ___!" 30 Electrical unit 31 Magical drink that gets someone smitten 35 Use shears 36 Impersonators 37 Frequently, to Frost

38 Actor/director Eastwood 39 Hamilton's bills 40 Less fortunate 42 Word on a wine label

43 Calligrapher's collection

44 Bill's "excellent adventure" partner 45 Give a hard time 47 Walk drunkenly 51 L.B.J. campaign to help the poor 54 Midrange golf club 57 Velvet-voiced Mel 58 "So that's your game!"

59 Like a diet that allows only fats and protein

60 Creative thoughts 61 Bear's home 62 Posts, as a letter 63 What children should be, and not heard, they say 64 High trains in Chicago

DOWN

1 Overflows (with) 2 The "O" of O magazine

3 Ski jacket 4 "Almost finished!" 5 Dustin Hoffman's role in "Midnight Cowboy" 6 Comparable (to) 7 "Game of Thrones" actress Headey

8 Prevent from falling, perhaps 9 English rocker Hitchcock

10 Simon & Garfunkel's "I ___ Rock"

11 Typist's stat, in brief

12 Hush-hush grp. 14 Boo-boos 20 Smoldering remains

21 Hammer's end 24 Like some Greek columns

25 Armor flaw

26 Like some promises and gas tanks 28 Painstakingly sorts (through) 29 Tykes

31 Door fastener 32 "The Magic Flute," for one

33 Planet between Mercury and Earth 34 Bugs Bunny or Wile E. Coyote 35 Muddy deposit 38 Splits in two 40 "… ___ the twain shall meet" 41 Cushioned footstool

43 Alternatives in case things don't work out

46 Swashbuckler's weapon

47 Wild shopping expedition

48 A+ or C49 Fred Mertz's wife in 1950s TV

50 "___ Hope" (soap opera)

52 Redding who sang "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay"

53 Bump on a log, literally

54 Decade that spawned the slogan found at the starts of 19-, 31-, 40- and 51Across

55 Cubes in a freezer 56 Competed in a marathon