The New York Times Crossword

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