NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 JPEG alternatives 5 Lightly hit, as a shoulder 10 Regarding 14 What might be taken away in a getaway 15 Literary effect in O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi” 16 Primary ingredient in the snack Muddy Buddies 17 Singular 18 Irritable 19 Mare hair 20 Things that magnets and barbershops both have 22 Unspecified degree 23 “Bad, bad” Brown of song 24 Like a show that’s hard to get tickets for, in brief 25 Promos 28 Outmoded preposition 29 They go back and forth in bad weather 32 Skin abnormality 34 Sergeant’s superior, in slang 35 Move around and around 38 Reveal 40 Erin Burnett’s employer 41 Women’s golf great Lorena 42 [Now that’s relaxing!] 43 Centerpiece of the Oval Office 46 Connections on Air France? 47 How flowers and fabric samples may be sold 49 Onomatopoeic musical effect 51 Atlanta’s public transport system 53 “The Pit and the Pendulum” author, in brief 54 Network of personal relationships … or a punny hint to 3-, 7- and 11-Down 57 Refuse 58 Hold tightly 59 Every country has one 61 Daredevil Knievel 62 Rapper West 63 Holy Roman Empire’s ___ the Great 64 Actor Diggs 65 Golf ’s “Slammin’ Sammy” 66 Second-largest moon of Saturn
Down
1 Sits (down) hard 2 One helping to build an endowment fund 3 Joins a Federal Reserve Facebook group? 4 Ocular affliction 5 Short-beaked bird 6 Style of music for Pat Benatar or Bon Jovi 7 Uploads a photo of a government security? 8 At risk 9 Bronx team, on scoreboards 10 Ne plus ultra 11 Retweets a photo of the U.S. gold repository? 12 Luciano Pavarotti, e.g. 13 Kind of daisy 21 Brand sold at gas stations 23 Start of a trip, for short? 26 California river known more for salmon and trout than the fish it’s named after 27 “Norma ___” 30 “How was ___ know?” 31 Key near “~” 32 Put your hands together 33 There is one between birthdays 36 Speck 37 Hasty 39 “Flashdance” actor Michael 41 Relative of a giraffe 44 Poison-pen letters, e.g. 45 Exchanged 48 Witch’s laugh 50 Lusting after 52 Comedian ___ Sherman, creator of TV’s “I’ve Got a Secret” 53 Course you slide through 54 Fiji’s largest city 55 Word with sugar or candy 56 Past one’s bedtime, say 57 Hot tub feature 60 Indian tourist destination