The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 33 1/3 r.p.m. records 4 Cher or Adele, musically 8 Allude (to) 13 Annoy 14 Building for bovines 15 Mogadishu native 16 *Chief source of support 18 Selfcenteredness 19 ___ fixe (preoccupation) 20 General Mills puffed corn cereal 21 Distances in Britain 22 *Chapel Hill athlete 24 Pyromaniacs’ pleasures 25 Monogram for Long John Silver’s creator
26 Cut (off) 27 Outbuilding for storage 30 Quarrel 33 Yankee great Yogi
35 Park or Madison, on an N.Y.C. map 36 Bouncy youngster in Pooh’s crowd 37 Praise after a proper response to the end of the answer to each starred clue 39 Kesey who wrote “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” 40 Vow sworn at the altar 41 Round Mongolian tents 42 Wary
44 Spot for a teacher’s apple or Apple 46 Virtuous conduct, in Confucianism 47 Dot follower in a website address 48 Pass, as a law 50 *“Why?” 54 Saudi city where Muhammad is buried
56 One running for office, informally 57 Noteworthy periods 58 First king of the Franks (A.D. 481) 59 *Tend an absent resident’s property 61 M.L.B. division that includes the Astros 62 Prefix with tasse meaning “half” 63 Word before “blastoff” 64 Uptight 65 Harmonious, after “in” 66 Originally named
Down
1 Outer boundary 2 Devil’s fashion choice, in a Meryl Streep film 3 Person on a slippery slope 4 Midsection muscles, briefly 5 Potato treats for Hanukkah 6 Backpacker’s path 7 Black, banded gemstone 8 Radioer’s “Got it”
9 Is melodramatic 10 *Equitable treatment 11 Otherwise 12 Edges, as of craters 15 Athlete getting part-time pay 17 India’s first P.M. 23 Plaintive poem 24 Fiestas and Fusions 26 Resulted in 28 ___ and anon 29 Reject as false 30 Extremely dry 31 Went as a passenger 32 *Soft bedding material 33 Title character in a Sacha Baron Cohen mockumentary 34 Radiant 38 One rejected by a group 43 Roast host 45 Butchers’ tools 47 Op-ed offering 49 Plant seed with a licoricelike flavor 50 Poppycock 51 “Citizen Kane” star Welles 52 State that’s the largest U.S. producer of lobsters 53 Beauty mogul Lauder 54 Exam for a wannabe doc 55 Her: Fr. 56 Degrees after M.A.s 60 Error indicator in a quotation