The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Join forces 7 Heroin,

slangily 11 Lunchbox sandwich, informally 14 Go beyond 15 Gucci of

fashion

16 “We ___ Young” (2012 Song of the Year) 17 Read up on a woman, old-fashionedly? 19 One way

to stand 20 Yoga position 21 Home of

the Heat 22 Naval subordinate: Abbr. 23 Warrior on Mount Olympus 24 Take a chance on a work of poetry? 26 Attack

from the air 28 Cousin of

a cravat

29 Big name in

small planes 34 What crossword clues with question marks often are

35 Cite a chap

for speeding? 38 Prepare for

a struggle 40 Gives the

go-ahead 41 French

38-Down 43 Stable sounds 48 Coax a lost dog

to follow you? 53 Figurehead’s

place 54 Camera-moving technique 55 Unlikely

to defect 56 Task

57 “Hulk”

director Lee 58 Check the aroma of a few beers? 60 Al Capp

diminutive 61 “You ___

kiddin’!” 62 Thought, to

Pascal 63 Québec place

name abbr. 64 Loses

rigidity 65 Messages

with hashtags

Down

1 Autos with charging stations 2 Get by

intimidation 3 More

discerning 4 Monster beheaded by Perseus 5 180s 6 Unlawful behavior in strict Muslim countries, for short 7 Delhi wraps 8 Dagger’s

partner 9 “Battlestar Galactica” commander 10 Big name in

chocolates 11 Small slice of

one’s workday? 12 Richard who founded Virgin Atlantic 13 Travels in

high style 18 Ascap

counterpart 24 Needs a

bath badly 25 Place to follow

the M.L.B. 27 Obscenity-monitoring org. 30 Naval burial

site, maybe 31 Dirty digs 32 “Hip Hop Is

Dead” rapper 33 Ecstasy’s opposite

35 It’s right in the Pythagorean theorem 36 Carded,

for short 37 Barely manage,

with “out” 38 “Sex and the City” quartet, e.g.

39 “No kidding!” 42 Tex-Mex dips 44 FaceTime

device 45 Bellyache 46 Insect that builds a papery nest 47 Three of Abba’s members, by birth

49 The Supreme Court’s Sotomayor 50 Getting even

with 51 Shooters

through rapids 52 Sitcom

extraterrestrial 56 Captain’s

command 59 Quick on

the uptake