The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Cost for a radio or TV commercial 6 Mafia enforcer, e.g. 10 Bra size specification 14 Glacier climber’s tool 15 What Tarzan swings on 16 College in New Rochelle, N.Y. 17 Suitable for moviemaking? 19 Hauls with effort 20 ___ Taylor (clothing chain) 21 Geometric calculation 22 Impressionist Claude 23 Movie munchkin, maybe? 26 Sharply punched 29 Speedster Bolt 30 One of the 40 in “the back 40” 31 Big name in kitchen wrap 33 Ump’s call for a batter 36 ___-Town (the Windy City)
37 Movie clip where the grips, boom operator and gaffer all appear? 39 HBO rival 40 Party item that has a tap 41 Caustic 42 Menial laborer 43 Image on a valentine 45 Like wetlands 47 Finalize the music for the movie? 51 “There, there …” 52 Bangs on the head? 53 Tasseled hat 56 Make headway 57 Redo of a movie scene? 60 Style of skirt that reaches just below the knees 61 Opposed 62 Chairlift rider, perhaps 63 Author Waugh 64 ___ Picture (Oscars category) 65 Midsection of the body
Down
1 Japanese consumer electronics brand 2 Rodent control brand 3 Plant with fronds 4 Dine on 5 What to do after you breathe in 6 Appliance with a screen and a remote 7 Part of a drum kit 8 Card game with Draw Two cards 9 Understand 10 Mississippi port city with an Air Force base 11 Add up the number of people present
12 Felix of “The Odd Couple” 13 Fettuccine or farfalle 18 Low-humidity 22 Had in mind 23 Civil War prez 24 Move suddenly and unsteadily 25 Jacob’s biblical twin 26 “J” in a deck of cards 27 Feel sore 28 Optimist’s perspective 31 Mattress brand 32 Sounds at a nursery viewing window 34 “Someone made a boo-boo!” 35 Broadway award 37 White stuff on a blackboard
38 Few and far between 42 ___ (T.S.A. convenience) 44 Big name in athletic shoes 45 Drudgery, in older usage 46 Put in handcuffs 47 Letter before tau 48 Cybercommerce 49 Closes 50 Go by taxi, in slang 53 Ump’s call for a batted ball 54 Barely makes it, with “by” 55 Digit in binary code 57 Small amount of cream 58 Digit in binary code 59 W.B.A. result, in brief