N.Y. Times Crossword Puzzle
Across
1 Tease good-naturedly 5 Knock down a notch 10 Old-fashioned outburst 14 ___ Bunt, “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” henchwoman 15 Gently protest 16 Some music in Mumbai 17 *Valentine outline 19 Cry at the start of a poker game 20 Blood line 21 “___ you nuts?” 22 Trail for a dog 23 Summer clock setting: Abbr. 24 *Cost to enter a bar, maybe 27 Dress style 29 “Excusez-___” 30 Controversial novel of 1955 32 *Folksy 37 With: Fr. 38 Nonkosher entree 39 Excited and then some 40 *What to do when coming face to face with a bear 43 Partial rainbow near the horizon 45 What framed Roger Rabbit? 46 Watch a season’s worth of episodes in one sitting, say 47 *Delayed consequence 52 “Illmatic” rapper 55 Lose it completely 56 Thor or Loki 57 “All ___ lost” 59 Follower of anything and everything 60 Surprised reaction … or a hint to what can precede both halves of the answers to the starred clues 62 “Just do it” sloganeer 63 Doldrums feeling 64 Forthwith, on a memo 65 Throw in the trash 66 Club in a sand trap 67 Actor Ifans of “The Amazing Spider-Man”
Down
1 Crusade against “infidels” 2 Stackable cookies 3 Know-it-all 4 N.H.L.’s ___ Memorial Trophy 5 Billboards, e.g. 6 Babysitter’s request 7 Verb that’s conjugated “amo, amas, amat …” 8 Parent who “does it all” 9 Before, poetically 10 ___ Kane, resident of soap TV’s Pine Valley 11 Devotee of eSports 12 Ripening, as cheese 13 “Purgatorio” and “Paradiso” poet 18 Silent, as an agreement 22 Clamber up, as a pole 25 Go ___ diet 26 Dairy animal 28 Spank 30 Research site 31 Ingredients in a Caesar salad, to Caesar? 32 New Year’s ___ 33 Chill (with) 34 Humorist who wrote “Candy / Is dandy / Butliquor / Is quicker” 35 Sound from a 26-Down 36 Ingredient in a Caesar salad 38 Suffering from senility, say 41 Pastoral piece? 42 Tiny 43 “___ ’em!” (canine command) 44 Loosen, as a bow 46 One getting a bite at night? 47 007, e.g. 48 Leaf of a book 49 Jobs to do 50 Swords in modern pentathlons 51 Lost’s opposite 53 “Good to go” 54 Staircase parts 58 Symbol to the left of a zero on a phone 60 Mountain ___ (soda) 61 More than a fib