N.Y. Times Crossword Puzzle
Across
1 After the hour 5 Lou who wrote “Exporting America” 10 Plague, with “at” 14 Instrument with a bent neck 15 Key 16 Defraud, in slang 17 Very much 18 Recreational sites not designed for walkers 20 Is a bad loser, say 22 Family name in Sir Walter Scott’s “The Bride of Lammermoor” 23 Fr. title 24 Zimbalist of old TV 26 One of the renters in Steinbeck’s “Tortilla Flat” 30 Founder of the American Shakers 32 Sweet pitcherful 34 Important word to a marriage counselor 35 New homeowner’s feeling, maybe 39 @fakechucknorris, for one 40 Diorama, maybe 41 Updated art? 42 Wrap (up) 43 Things to do after dinner 46 Painter’s primer 48 President who said “If you want to see your plays performed the way you wrote them, become president” 51 Secret ending 52 Word before or after state 54 Ricoh rival 56 They’re “family” 60 Pride : lions : parliament : ___ 61 God for whom a weekday is named
62 Real stinker 63 All-nighter, maybe 64 Like high school and college students of the ’80s-’90s, e.g. 65 Competitive and outgoing, say 66 Views
Down
1 Bank deposit 2 Fall 3 Record stat for majorleaguer Rickey Henderson 4 Running event 5 Slam 6 Title role in a 1993 film … which sounds like a prize the film won 7 Unimpressed 8 Character who dies at the end of “Little Women” 9 Editorial reversal 10 Burkina Faso neighbor 11 Here-there connection 12 Require (of) 13 Jazzman Montgomery 19 The first one was a modified Ford D-Series truck 21 “Toodles” 25 What a meow may mean 27 Grammynominated 2011 Lady Gaga album 28 Aphrodisia 29 Dug stuff 31 Bonus upon signing, e.g. 33 Adjudicate 36 George Dickel product 37 ___ and violins (music pun) 38 Some French votes 39 Without any filler 40 Newsstand offering, informally 44 Change with the times 45 Intuits 47 Big name in shapewear 49 Start to malfunction 50 Author with a restaurant at the Eiffel Tower named for him 53 Like Hansel and Gretel in the forest 55 Bead producer? 56 Part of the works 57 “How Sleep the Brave,” e.g. 58 28-Down, e.g. 59 Handle preceder