The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Publication that usually has only one contributor

5 Locale for a wedding

10 Whole bunch

14 Slimming surgery, for short

15 Writer Zora ___ Hurston

16 Bit of equipment for a skier or trekker

17 Nonstick cookware brand

18 Logical, as a syllogism

19 Stir up

20 Gesture involving hitting one’s own hand in celebration

22 Was a no-show, say

24 Singer Nat King ___

25 Not fast

26 Things that scratch a scratching post

28 Material for some jewelry at a surf shop

32 June birthstone

33 Protrusion

34 Many a C-span interviewee, informally

35 For fear that

36 Records and documents

37 Game with nine rooms

38 Trains that run to O’hare airport

39 Swindles

40 Physique

41 Criminal records?

43 Puts the kibosh on

44 A “golden” one is an especially good thing to follow

45 Ohm’s law unit

46 “Heavens!”

49 If this is exhausted, all is lost

53 Movie theater eponym

54 Like cards at a card table

56 About 5,280 ft., for Denver

57 ___ vera

58 Still in the running, so to speak

59 Tick off

60 Don’t pass

61 Alpine call

62 First-year law student … or what every answer in this puzzle has exactly

DOWN

1 Sandwiches with an easy-to-remember list of ingredients

2 Classic photo magazine

3 October gem

4 Green vehicle?

5 Blacksmiths’ blocks

6 Depart

7 One of 24 in a Chaucer book

8 Athlete who boasted “I’m young; I’m handsome; I’m fast; I’m pretty and can’t possibly be beat”

9 Things to keep an eye out for on a first date

10 Disorderly expansion

11 Rival magazine of 2-Down

12 Writer Wiesel

13 Fuse, as metal

21 Birds that sound like they’d taste bad?

23 Higher-priced seating section

25 Tennis great Monica

26 Singer Green

27 Cowboy’s rope

28 Is a sore loser

29 Accelerated H.S. class with a long reading list

30 All _ _ _ Day (November 2)

31 Luge, e.g.

32 Ordinary person, informally

33 Ship’s wastewater

36 Sports-filled school event

37 Person held on a pedestal by a small group

39 Make less sharp

40 Latvian or Lithuanian

42 Small digging tool

43 Low-priced lodging

45 Device on a duct

46 German chancellor Scholz

47 Word often said before “Cómo estás?”

48 First pope in a line of 13

49 Set (down)

50 Actress Lena or actor Ken

51 One-named “King of Football”

52 Daredevil Knievel

55 “Xanadu” grp.