The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 “___ a rough night”: Macbeth

5 Miss on TV 10 Falafel bread 14 Black-tie affair,

maybe

15 ___ Jackson Jr., “Straight Outta Compton” star 16 God whose name is an apt anagram of “rose”

17 “___ pass” 18 Schemes 19 Sign on for

another tour 20 Kind of position 22 Beast of

burden 23 Bands at

weddings 24 Was a

passenger

25 To the ___

degree 26 “Ugh!”

27 Cpl. or sgt. 28 Something to take and “make it better,” in the Beatles’ “Hey Jude”

31 Duke’s N.C.A.A.

div. 33 Cockpit measurement: Abbr. 34 Architect Frank 35 Beats by ___

(audio brand) 36 Hide ___ hair 37 Not awarded by

accident, say 39 London lav 40 Honda division 42 Invasive plant? 43 Celebrity gossip show with an exclamation point in its title 45 Falls (over) 47 Car mentioned in the Beach Boys’ “Fun, Fun, Fun” 48 Bluish hue 50 Place to count

sheep?

51 Cry while doing a stunt … or a hint to 2-,

7- and 12Down 56 California’s ___

Woods 57 “Good job!,” south of the border 58 Classic Monopoly token 60 Item on a hotel

pillow

61 Match 62 Simplicity 63 Requests 64 Attempts in basketball and target practice 65 Put away

Down

1 “The freakin’ weekend is here!” 2 Something the ancient Egyptians used for keeping time 3 “Regrettably,

that’s the case” 4 Leaves for

dinner?

5 Soda 6 Caribbean

natives, e.g. 7 Vessel found drifting without a crew 8 1995 gangster comedy with John Travolta and Rene Russo

9 “___ queen!”

(“Fabulous!”) 10 Jeopardy 11 Woman in a Sherlock Holmes story 12 Audience unlikely to applaud 13 Snakes in

hieroglyphics 21 French article 23 The Notorious ___ (late jurist’s nickname) 27 Mom’s mom 29 It’s “only a number” to the young at heart

30 Dec. 31

celebration 32 Biz biggies 37 Rami with a Best Actor Oscar 38 Actress Messing of “Will & Grace” 41 “Says who?”

and others 44 Fools

46 Some Carnaval

dances 47 Some Chevrolet S.U.V.s

49 “It is to ___” 50 Actress Lisa 51 San ___

Obispo, Calif. 52 It comes out of a pen, either with or without its first letter 53 ___ Wolfe, armchair detective 54 “Curses!” 55 Meh

56 U.F.C. sport 59 Unopened, say