The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 One of the

Great Lakes 5 Menacing

cloud

10 Sony offering 14 Saint’s home,

for short 15 Place for a

barbecue 16 Rich finish? 17 “Don’t give up” 19 Rather powerful engine 20 Brown

21 Some plants 23 Value

25 Spooky

quality 28 Smoothie fruit 29 Popular cookie 31 Taking things for granted on April Fools’ Day and others 32 “Time ___ …” 33 Track, in

a sense

34 Not wait for

Mr. Right, say 35 Huuuuuuuuge 37 Loose, now 40 Powerful

D.C. lobby 41 Raiser of awareness, for short

44 Not accidental 45 In opposition 46 Guru, maybe 47 Straightens 49 Firm parts:

Abbr. 50 Hockey team,

e.g.

51 Words

on a jacket 53 Risked a ticket 55 Construction staples … or a hint to this puzzle’s theme 59 Famous Amos 60 Rocker Steve 61 “Don’t go!,”

e.g. 62 Obnoxious one 63 Subject of

some codes 64 Scandinavian

capital

Down

1 Vase style 2 Compatriot

of Mao 3 Noted fatheror-son singer 4 Ancient New

Mexican 5 Part of

a crib

6 Living ___ 7 Major Asian

carrier

8 Attire

9 Like melancholy musical keys 10 The poor 11 Not go along 12 Prefix with

lateral 13 Bedevil 18 Girl’s name that may precede Ann 22 One may be starting in sports 23 What’s shaken when you say “Shake!” 24 Big letters in

electronics 25 Ones moving

far from home 26 Fifth in a group

of eight 27 Saginaw-toFlint dir.

29 Bit of

beachwear 30 ___ way

33 It may be added to alcohol 34 Pitiful

35 Hit the gas

pedal hard 36 Actress Wilson of “Mrs. Doubtfire” 37 Sch. with the George W. Bush Presidential Library 38 Corral

39 Strips at

breakfast 41 Tough, tenacious sorts 42 Wild blue

yonder 43 Features of

Boston accents 45 Milieu of the FX series “The Americans” 46 Poetic stanza 48 Like government bonds 49 German

preposition 51 Oil qtys. 52 They burn 53 Racing letters 54 Author who wrote “I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity” 56 Buried treasure 57 Pull (in) 58 Noted pseudonym in short story writing