The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Kitchen item on a roll
6 Serum vessel
10 End of a “happy” simile
14 The Pequod and others
16 University of New Mexico mascot
17 Like an illustrator’s fingertips, maybe
18 Milk sources for feta cheese
19 One of
10 when one “hangs ten”
20 Philosopher who posited that the simplest explanation is the most likely one
21 Tongue ties?
22 Microwave
23 Classroom missile that might be grounds for detention
25 Minor injury for an office clerk
26 Major attack
30 Musical riffing from Ella Fitzgerald 32 “Kitchykitchy-___!”
33 Number on a yarn skein
34 Mtn. measure 35 Some Japanese luxury cars
37 They: Fr.
38 Need for a sobfest
40 Whole load
41 Start for the Top
40 song titles “Sixteen,” “Time” and “You”
42 Focal point of an earthquake
44 Lunch carrier, often
45 One making empty threats
46 Furry Endor resident
48 Primer libro del Nuevo Testamento
50 “___ a doctor, but …”
52 Audio brand Beats by ___
55 Environmental activist Brockovich
56 Series of documents that trace a path, as suggested by this puzzle 58 Immunity-boosting element
59 Bouncy strips that test one’s balance
60 Fringe
61 “Out of Africa” writer Dinesen
62 Bird on the Mexican flag
Down
1 Ninny 2 “Ai-yi-yi!”
3 What’s aft a ship’s aft
4 Chicago trains
5 Make less tight, as a waistband
6 Larynx
7 Ending with Louis
8 At the previous speed, in scores
9 It’s dropped before a trip
10 Detox
11 Feature of a crawl space 12 Have ___ in one’s bonnet
13 Something soft to sit on
15 Lower-priced edition of a book
21 ___-slipper
22 Granola bit
24 Full of cargo
25 Activity that might involve setting out saucers of milk
27 Old-fashioned newsboy’s assignment
28 Toy with tabs and interchangeable outfits
29 Handicraft e-tail site
30 Fulfill
31 Alternative to a staple
32 Writer Carolyn, the pen name of more than 10 authors of the Nancy Drew series
35 “Hasta ___!”
36 Result of whiplash, maybe
39 Something that’s “true whether or not you believe in it,” per Neil deGrasse Tyson
41 Flavor imparter to chardonnay
43 Tests
44 Hide, with “up”
47 Forms to process
48 Mediterranean appetizer
49 Desertlike
51 Longtime film rating org.
52 “Oh, fudge!”
53 Cambodian currency
54 Otherwise
56 Letters on a tire
57 Coastal inlet