The New York Times crossword puzzle No. 0522

Across

1 Nutrition label unit 5 Air of confidence, in slang 9 Aftermath 13 Distinctive quality 14 Con, across the Pyrenees 15 Take a taxi, informally 16 Alternative to a taxi 17 “Etta ___” (old comic strip) 18 Pizzeria fixtures 19 One for the money 22 Casual greetings 23 Diarist Nin 24 Two for the show 31 Crew member’s item 32 Spots 33 Popular Japanese brew 34 Be decisive 35 One way to sway 36 Hardly welcoming 38 Nabokov title character 39 Religion with an apostrophe in its name 41 60 minuti 42 Sticky stuff 43 Three to get ready 48 ___ fuzz 49 Rare outcome of a Scrabble game 50 Four to go 55 Island NW of Oahu 57 Redhead on kids’ TV 58 Pioneering computer operating system 59 Pakistan’s longest river 60 Reformer Jacob who wrote “How the Other Half Lives” 61 Jazz singer Simone 62 Hyatt hiree 63 Stuff 64 Part of a musical note

Down

1 Ancient land conquered by Caesar 2 Naïve sort 3 Domain 4 First first lady 5 Launches an offensive 6 Completed 7 Passages to planes 8 One-eighth of a circle 9 Surfboard/ kayak hybrid

10 Act as a lookout for, say 11 Next of ___ 12 “The X-Files” extras, briefly 15 Like some crying babies 20 Took cover 21 China’s Chou En-___ 24 Numbskulls 25 Knock on, as a door 26 Prefix with -dontic 27 Hoopla 28 Muse for Lord Byron 29 Like some currents 30 Tangle 35 “Semper ___” (Marine Corps motto) 36 Militant org. in a 1994 peace agreement 37 Guaranteed to succeed 40 Give a hand 41 To whom Hamlet says “Get thee to a nunnery” 44 Lacking polish 45 Earth tones 46 Completed 47 Syndicated fare 50 Automaker based in Bavaria 51 Send out 52 Not yet out of the running 53 Tree hugger? 54 One might be taken orally 55 Most common Korean surname 56 Santa ___, Calif.