The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across 1 Birthplace of St. Clare 7 Mustang alternative 13 “Oh, I don’t care”
15 Last name in astronomy 16 Winner of 13 Outstanding Drama Series Emmys 18 Snack 19 Spark 20 Email address ending 21 Form of “sum” 23 Hillock 24 Elite-type school 25 What does follow?
27 St. ___ (site of a spring vacay) 29 Micronesian nation composed of hundreds of islands 32 Busy W. Coast airport
34 ___ bar 38 Prepare for entombment, say
39 “___ Eye Is on the Sparrow” (hymn) 40 Kemper who plays Kimmy on “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” 41 Ones involved in wishful thinking? 42 ___-quoted 43 Features of some apartments 44 Elizabeth ___, “Pirates of the Caribbean” protagonist 45 “Deck the Halls” contraction 46 Foreign currency option 47 Rips (on) 49 ___ Candy, Wonder Woman’s best friend 50 Spanish chess piece 52 Pot-au-___ (French stew) 54 1980s TV star known for wearing chains 55 First-tier supervisor in the U.S.M.C. 58 Colorful, cold treats 60 “S’pose so” 62 Badlands National Park feature 63 Available 64 Words of understanding? 65 Reach by air
Down 1 “Shucks!” 2 Clip
3 Pole star? 4 Suffix with Jersey 5 Contents of IV bags
6 The Trump who wrote “The Trump Card: Playing to Win in Work and Life” 7 Knight ’hood? 8 Mont Blanc, par exemple 9 One’s Nintendo avatar 10 Revamp 11 Lincoln Center’s Walter ___ Theater 12 Get ready for a Mr. Olympia competition, say
14 What some of the black squares in the grid might represent 15 Another thing they might represent 17 Blue Cross offering, briefly 22 Winter Palace resident 24 Burn rubber 26 Another thing they might represent 28 One more thing they might represent 29 “Little” trio in kiddie lit 30 Again 31 Approximately 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes 33 Diminutive of Josephine 35 Senator in 2017 news 36 Puente of “The Mambo Kings”
37 Oil and gas giant 48 Photo tone 49 Swashbuckling Flynn 50 Having sat in the locker room way too long 51 Relative of cream 53 Puts into service 54 Tick off 56 Abbr. at the bottom of a page of text 57 Words with hold or pass 59 Filling food? 61 Dernier ___ (latest thing)