NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Something you must be willing to leave? 7 Them’s the

breaks!

10 River past Orsk

and Orenburg 14 Add to in haste 15 Snake genus, or one of its members

16 Pet form of José 17 *Sound of little feet

18 Shade of deep purple 20 Custom-fit 22 *Tycho Brahe contemporary 23 Bridge player’s combo 25 Deprive of courage

26 3.3, give or take 29 Without a downside

31 A lot 32 Solidarity leader Walesa

33 *Mr. Moneybags 36 McGillin’s ___ Ale House (historic Philadelphia tavern) 37 *Branded candy with multicolored beans

39 Close follower of

a team? 40 *Woman’s young lover, in slang 41 Actress Campbell 42 Staple of ragtime music 43 Corrects, as an ID on Facebook 45 Cary of “The Princess Bride” 46 Neighbor of Tonga

49 Dr. Seuss’ real surname 51 *Small talk 53 Leapt 56 Bossed around 58 *Idiom meaning “guaranteed” 60 Sea of Tranquillity, e.g. 61 Chief agricultural export of Kenya 62 Part of a steering system 63 Something commonly found in a laundry bag 64 Remnant 65 Wholly absorbed

Down

1 Picking up

things? 2 Louver feature 3 “See ya!” 4 Ability

5 Like sandals 6 ___ Field, former home to the Houston Astros

7 Figure seen on the National Mall, informally 8 9 Writing a Frank “Dune” e.g. greeting Herbert’s series, on card many 10 What to satellite talk you to a need 11 Sphere 12 Nocturnal

affliction 13 Admitted 19 Richly luxurious

21 Did one leg of a

triathlon 24 What’s helpful

to a degree?

26 Ink stain, e.g. 27 Explorer whose

name is a sport 28 Word in many Catholic church names 30 Frigid 33 Scratch, say 34 Tops 35 Groups on

Noah’s Ark 37 Take a flier 38 Bond girl in 2006’s “Casino Royale” 39 Visigoth vis-à-vis Rome

41 “Cool beans!” 42 Uses a keyhole, perhaps

43 Scoundrel, in Britain

44 Girl in the fam 46 Loser 47 Up 48 Prefix with economics

50 Rush 52 One-named French designer

54 “The Thin Man” role

55 Sticky stuff 57 One who might explain the birds and the bees

59 Debugging aid?