The New York Times crossword puzzle

No. 1116

Across 1 Almanac entry 5 Shoots the breeze 9 What this is:

14 Click it 15 Be against 16 Frequent van Gogh setting 17 See 58-Across 19 Thwarts 20 Calculator button 21 Burst of laughter

22 Say blah blah blah blah blah 23 Not just any old 25 See 25-Across 27 Was affected by too heavy a weight, say 30 Strike out 31 Paid (up) 32 General ___ (“Superman” villain) 33 Prefix with gendered 36 See 66-Across 40 22+ pages of the Oxford English Dictionary 41 Kind of look with bangs and eye shadow 42 Like good farmland 43 City light 45 More untrustworthy 46 See ??-Across 50 Application fig. 51 Something that might be settled over drinks

52 ___ Rohmer, French New Wave director 54 “Pow!” 57 Grad students’ hurdles

58 See 17-Across 60 Transfix

61 Gig gear

62 All those in favor 63 Snookums 64 Liable to peep 65 Alternative to an elbow, maybe Down 1 Partner of starts 2 Smoothie fruit 3 “You bet!” 4 Wile E. Coyote prop 5 Burst of laughter

6 On 7 Wake-up call?

8 What a mess! 9 What you might see the big game on 10 “Survivor” host Jeff 11 Often-questionable account 12 Quartet member 13 German steel city

18 Bid first 22 Short end of the stick 24 Come down hard? 26 Parrots a pigeon? 27 Application figs. 28 Host Mike of “Dirty Jobs” and “Somebody’s Gotta Do It” 29 Narrowly defeat 32 Madhouse 33 Some yacht assistants 34 Yacht destination, maybe 35 One who has a ball at work? 37 Upscale hotel chain 38 Brand trusted by “cooks who know” 39 Christmas purchases 43 Corn kernel, e.g. 44 Discharges 45 Options on an IHOP table 46 Call off 47 Celeb chef Batali 48 Exclamation that’s also the name of a cable channel 49 Latin lover’s phrase 53 Teeny 55 Seemingly forever 56 Pioneering 1990s computer game

58 Get some sun 59 Something you have in a chair