The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across 1 Scanned bars,
for short 4 Roundup
targets 9 Cries from
bleachers 13 Word in Brazilian city names 14 “Game time!” 15 Not suitable 17 Platform sandal feature 19 “Next year in Jerusalem” meal 20 Blast from
the past 21 Jon with the 1992 hit “Just Another Day” 22 Forever
and a day 23 Boyfriend after a breakup, perhaps 27 Classic Jaguar 28 Bert who played the Cowardly Lion 29 Klutz’s utterance 30 Render
a verdict 35 Bard of
Gaelic legend 36 ___ Chihuahua
( tiny dog) 40 Novelty
shop buy 44 High point 47 Soho send- off 48 Actress Arthur
of “Maude” 49 Space Invaders and Asteroids, for two 52 Airport rental 53 Neil Patrick ___ of “How I Met Your Mother” 54 One- eighty 56 Dance around,
as an issue 57 Dynamic basketball sequence represented by the starts of 17-, 23-, 30-, 40- and 49- Across 61 Find new
tenants for 62 “Ran” director Kurosawa 63 Texter’s “Didn’t need to know that” 64 Abysmal score 65 Persian Gulf
emirate 66 Census datum
Down 1 Kind of port
for a flash drive 2 Inept boxers, in slang 3 Hipster’s quality 4 Collaborative online reference 5 Anesthetic
of old 6 Language
suffix 7 Female
caribou 8 TV show on which “The Chanukah Song” debuted, informally 9 Like a fully
cooked soufflé 10 Not based on
fact or research 11 Tried one’s luck 12 Floored it 16 Cafeteria stack 18 Components
of some I. R. A. s 21 ___ du Québec
( police force) 22 Comic- Con,
e. g. 24 Ancient times, in ancient times 25 Do a job at the
checkout aisle 26 Resistance unit 31 Fries or slaw, usually 32 Musician’s tip
collector 33 Joins forces
( with) 34 Like rarer blood
types: Abbr. 37 Song- anddance shows 38 POTUS in Twitter’s @ POTUS, e. g. 39 Exam with a max score of 1520 41 “Ka- POW!” 42 A/ C measure 43 Place for a grandchild, maybe 44 One of the 12
tribes of Israel 45 Labor organizer
Cesar 46 A pep talk
may boost it 50 Connect with 51 Kama ___ 52 Ill- tempered
mutt 55 Rope tow
alternative 57 Website’s help
section, briefly 58 Rap sheet
letters 59 Gather dust 60 Cereal made with a “puffing gun”