The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 ___ cheese (cheese that isn’t yours, in a classic joke) 6 Camera type, in

brief

9 Chef Ming ___, whose last name is hidden in “condiments aisle”

13 Was sore 14 Layer of paint 16 Going ___

(squabbling) 17 *What might be kneaded in the kitchen 19 Abstract artist

Joan 20 Satirizes

21 In a spooky

manner 23 Kentucky Derby and Indianapolis 500

25 A tough ___ to

swallow 26 Physicist

Einstein 29 Taken care of, on an invoice stamp 31 Savings plan option, for short

34 Poke fun at 35 Lacking

originality 36 Many a Scott

Joplin tune 37 Pants holderupper

38 Flights of

fancy 39 Pioneer in digital recording 40 Certain knee tissue, for short 41 Obtains

42 ___ tag (game with target vests) 43 “OTOH …” 44 Focus of many an engagement photo 45 One-named “Queen of Tejano Music” 46 Death notice, in

brief

48 Bone-in cut of

lamb, e.g. 50 Los Estados ___ (the U.S., in Spanish) 52 Performing a

play, say 56 Grumpy mood 57 *Person to keep an eye on for future success 59 Smooch 60 Word after tall

or tell 61 Surrounded

by

62 Teensy 63 Foxy

64 Green pasta

sauce

Down

1 Apt rhyme for

“grabs”

2 Parcel of

land

3 Olympic figure skater Nathan 4 Adjustable part

of a car seat 5 “It’s likely

that …” 6 Check (out), like competition 7 Singer Rawls

or Reed

8 Craze

9 Ethnic group of

Sri Lanka 10 Classic Maya Angelou poem … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues and the circled letters, in two different ways 11 Well-ventilated 12 “Who am ___

judge?”

15 A truly unpleasant situation 18 Word before tape or after tear

22 Be a passenger 24 Mattress coils 26 Chance to hit,

in baseball 27 Bloodsucking

parasite 28 *One being propelled by hot air 30 Prepares to

shoot a target 32 Black bird 33 Ancient Greek

marketplace 35 Slender

38 Do nothing during the course of, as a storm

39 “I’m listening” 41 Part of a crossword that gets filled in 42 Protective cover for a camera 45 Beach grit 47 Teensy

49 What catches more flies than vinegar, in a saying

50 Cup or pint 51 Places for peels

or scrubs 53 Singer Tori 54 Proper fellow 55 “Cogito, ___

sum”

56 Hit the slopes 58 Everyone or

everything