THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Checks for bugs 10 Dealt ( with) 15 Percocet relative 16 Barbershop job 17 She’s always down for a good time 18 Lydia neighbor 19 ___- conscious 20 Vehicle with a cab 21 In telephone hell? 22 Zeus trapped Typhon under it 24 Utter madness 26 QB protectors 27 Ones concerned with stress 29 Letters before Q 30 Pure and simple 31 Island known for its meditation retreats 33 Baker’s shortcut 35 Roman who said “Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error” 38 Zero 39 Coming up 41 Bad impression? 42 Email folder 43 Stick it to? 45 Piths 49 ___ characters ( Chinese script) 50 Do over 52 Reaction to an insult 53 It may come with age 55 Horror movie figure, in brief 57 “Rockaria!” band, for short 58 Publisher’s concern 59 Joke shop purchase 61 ___ hole 62 Passover meal in Exodus 63 Proceeds 64 “Sounds good”

DOWN

1 Children’s character associated with a crook 2 “Precisely!,” informally 3 Power of old films 4 You might clean yours up or put one on 5 Tops and such 6 TV actress Georgia 7 Reaction producers 8 Like a good workout 9 Hot show with a cold open, for short 10 TV spinoff beginning in 2004 11 “I know the answer!” 12 Big picture 13 It might accompany “Heh, heh, heh” 14 Smokin’ hot 21 Station measure 23 In an ideal world 25 1970 Jackson 5 # 1 hit 28 Garment whose name is often spelled with “ee” at the end 30 Ex- Steeler Jerome dubbed “The Bus” 32 More stretched out 34 Diddy ___ ( peanutshooting Nintendo character) 35 Indicator of liquidity 36 “Thanks, Captain Obvious” 37 Swirly sweet seller 40 Whigs’ successor, briefly 41 “Heavens to Betsy!” 44 New Jersey’s state tree 46 Erika with six Daytime Emmys 47 “Honor Thy Father” writer 48 Containing a spoiler, say 50 Stay- at- home mom and dad, e. g. 51 Pet feline 54 Sell 56 Bean ___ 59 4x platinum 2001 album with the # 1 hit “I’m Real” 60 Leopard spot