The new york times crossword
ACROSS
1 Finishing touches, of a sort
7 Bases make up
a part of it 14 Dr. Evil’s little clone in the “Austin Powers” films 15 Dainty dining
decorations 16 *An old wedding dress might have this
18 & 19
Heretofore 20 See 3-Down 21 Root in Polynesian cuisine 23 Custom auto
accessories 25 First name in
jazz
29 *“Er … um …” 32 Relatives of
violas
35 “So cool!” 36 Kitchen brand 37 Carrier of sleeping sickness 40 Mens ___
(legal term) 41 Pinches
pennies 43 “Why ___ thou promise such a beauteous day”: Shak. 45 *Mickey’s rival for Minnie’s affection 48 Super’s apartment, often 49 Multivolume
ref. works 50 Disgruntled 54 ___ cit. (footnote abbr.)
56 “So ___ heard” 58 It can be broken, but not fixed 59 Classic young adult novel … or hint to the path taken by four letters in the answers to the starred clues 64 Cure-all 65 Longhorn rival 66 Hypothetical solar system body beyond Neptune 67 White-barked
trees
DOWN
1 “All good here” 2 Popular Oldsmobile model of the 1980s-’90s 3 With 20-Across, balance regulator
4 Tiny beef
5 Feds
6 Title with a
tilde
7 “Get a room!” elicitor, for short 8 Ring-shaped cutters attached to drills
9 Hindu god of destruction 10 Some reds 11 Languish 12 Romania’s
currency 13 -speak 17 Dipstick 22 Serenader on a pea-green boat, in rhyme
24 Beef, e.g. 26 “The ___: Generation Q,” sequel series starting in 2019
27 Shiny fabrics
28 “Please,
have ___” 30 Request that’s risky if you’re over 18? 31 Must-haves 32 Pink alcoholic drink, familiarly 33 Former
inmate 34 Peter of “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”
It’s got teeth 39 Salinger title
girl
42 Popular salad
dressing
44 -y, pluralized 46 Jon Arbuckle’s
dog
38 47 Issuance from an American embassy
51 QB protectors,
informally 52 Dish served with a spoon and chopsticks 53 Big pitchers 55 A while ago 57 Grandson of
Adam and Eve 59 College ___ (something that might include an SAT score) 60 Commercial
lead-in to mart 61 Basic bio
subject 62 Loosey-goosey 63 One-up