The New York Times crossword puzzle

No. 0827

Across 1 Writing on a book jacket 6 Leveling wedge

10 Be on the mend 14 Total, as expenses 15 Mario who wrote “The Godfather” 16 Farmland measure 17 Part of a book that’s rarely read straight through 18 Shortly 19 Brand of beans 20 Ring result, for short 21 Actor Cameron + actor Fairbanks = actor ___

24 Is the right size 25 Temporary support for a bone fracture 26 Infuse with bubbles 29 Black tea variety

31 Comedian Carell + comedian Short = comedian ___ 33 Bluesy woodwind 36 Curly cabbage 37 Where a mole shouldn’t be, in brief 38 Place that’s buzzing 39 Hog’s home 40 Singer Brown + singer Swift = singer ___ 44 Elaine of “Seinfeld” 45 Provides funding for 46 Drug for insomniacs 49 Assign stars to 50 Basketball player Walton + basketball player Westbrook = basketball player ___ 53 ___-mo replay 56 Frenzied way to go 57 Flapjack franchise, briefly

58 = 60 Two-wheeler 61 Commotion 62 Cuban dance 63 Got a perfect score on 64 Thumbs-up votes

65 Full of attitude

Down

1 One whose car has a bonnet and tyres 2 Blockhead 3 “Erase” on a computer 4 Traveling salesperson’s assignment: Abbr. 5 Flying toy that’s open-ended 6 Practices pugilism 7 Object of an ogler

8 Polo competitor 9 Relative of a snowboard 10 Try to get a better deal 11 Reason for a food recall 12 Early Indus Valley inhabitant 13 Bare minimum 22 Unit in an online order cart

23 Atop

24 Top choice, informally 26 Raises a question 27 Coup d’___ 28 Bank (on) 29 Gets nosy 30 Greek H’s 32 Pinnacle 33 Barn adjunct 34 Openly declare 35 Gen ___ (postbaby boomers) 38 Jekyll’s counterpart 40 Loudly razz 41 Retirement income, for some 42 Bluish green 43 Stag’s pride 44 Swindled 46 Addis ___, Ethiopia 47 Copycat 48 Chap 49 Seized vehicles 51 Loafer or pump 52 Drink at an ice cream shop 53 Simplest arithmetic problems 54 Hands-on science classes 55 Neutrogena competitor 59 Sine ___ non