NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Pet adoption org. 5 Campfire remains 10 Trim, with

“down” 14 Gradually remove, as a foal from its mother’s milk 15 Cinnamon

pattern, in toast 16 God whose name is a homophone of a zodiac sign 17 Humble reply to

a compliment 18 Two units, in

56-Across 20 Test for Ph.D.

seekers 21 Two-time Cy Young winner Lincecum 22 “You can count

on me” 23 Three units, in

56-Across 27 Coral producer 28 Partner of desist 29 World’s fair, e.g. 31 Facebook

button 32 Jobs announce

ment of 2010 33 John McCain and Kurt Vonnegut, once, for short 37 Five units, in

56-Across 40 “Wowzers!” 41 Brutish sort 42 Battery units 43 Potter’s oven 44 Small paving

stones 45 Foe of Cobra, in

comics 49 Three units, in

56-Across 52 Early afternoon

time 54 What horizontal head shakes signify 55 Low island 56 Four units, in

56-Across 59 Santa ___, Calif. 60 A few poker

chips, maybe 61 Relative of a

giraffe 62 Windfall 63 Honey 64 MetLife Stadium

athlete, for short 65 B&Bs DOWN 1 Drinks from a bottle, maybe 2 Kate’s groom in “The Taming of the Shrew” 3 1980s toy craze 4 Whatever number 5 Reach for the stars 6 Hindu teacher 7 Bomb’s opposite 8 Drop a fly ball, e.g. 9 School zone sign 10 Poet Neruda 11 On ___ (doing

well) 12 Cry before “set” 13 Legally prohibit 19 Plan for losers,

informally? 21 Stun gun 24 It was originally first on the Roman calendar 25 Roman god of

horses 26 Word before change or revenge 30 Kissing in a crowd, e.g., in brief 31 Droop 32 Poker

declaration 33 Prefix with type 34 One whose success is well-earned? 35 Monsoon period 36 Ones taking the

20-Across 38 Who said “It’s not bragging if you can back it up” 39 Trailer park

people, for short 43 Topple (over) 44 “Cut that out!” 45 Spoil 46 Vacuous 47 Volkswagen

compact 48 “The Wind in the Willows” character 50 Bid at the last second, as on eBay 51 Meg and Paul 53 It’s next to fluorine on the periodic table 57 It’s over your

head 58 Pilgrimage to

Mecca 59 Slugger’s

stat