The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across 1 Friend in a
western 6 Cry after a diva’s performance 11 Airport overseer, for short 14 PlayStation
user 15 Maker of the first waterproof and dustproof wristwatch 16 “Ewww!” 17 *Hall-of-Fame jockey who won the Triple Crown twice 19 Vardalos of
the screen 20 Many a George W. Bush supporter 21 Smoothed,
as wood 23 Ex-Yankee
Martinez 24 Residue in a bathtub drain 27 Bits of Morse code 29 Sault ___
Marie 30 *Six times the length of one side squared, for a cube 33 Sweater ball
34 “The Joy Luck Club” author 35 Heavenly ball 38 “Treasure Island” author’s inits. 39 Suffix with legal 40 Vietnam War
protest grp. 41 ___ Hill, N.C. 43 Read
electronically 44 *Engage in boisterous play 46 Cool, in
jive talk 49 Keats
collection 50 “And another
thing …” 51 Mother of Ares and Hephaestus 52 “What’s ___
you?” 55 “Brandenburg Concertos” instruments 57 Any of the Baltic states, once: Abbr. 58 *Unauthorized
detention 61 Sharpshooter’s
skill 62 Classic toothpaste brand 63 With 60-Down, what the answer to each starred clue has 64 Subject of
Boyle’s law 65 Barbershop quartet harmonizer 66 Run-down
Down 1 Customer service workers 2 Achieved
one’s goal 3 “That’s enough
for me” 4 Company advertised with the slogan “So easy a caveman can do it” 5 Cookie that outcompeted Hydrox 6 “It’s c-c-cold!” 7 Miami Beach’s Eden ___ resort 8 State whose flag has eight gold stars 9 Aloe ___ 10 Neuron
appendage 11 *Painting, music, dance, etc. 12 Certain druggie 13 Letters before
an alias 18 Caribbean island whose name means “eel” 22 Attack-launch
time 25 Browser
history listings 26 Org. for Cardinals
and Ravens 28 ___ souci 30 Shopping binge 31 Ladies’ man 32 Correct, as text 35 Dos x dos x
dos 36 Zimbabwe,
formerly 37 *What wearers of sleeveless garments have 39 Old French
coins 42 “Hey, mister” 43 Note after fa 45 Style of
sleeve 46 ___ Curtis Industries (onetime cosmetics giant) 47 Cleared the
blackboard 48 Danish or tart 51 Singer Lena 53 “___ Makes You Happy” (Sheryl Crow tune) 54 What’s exposed
by a ponytail 56 Rainbow
goddess 57 Droop 59 ___-Cat 60 See 63-Across