The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Make a

pass at

6 Cousin of lager 9 Deposited soil 13 Dig deeply 14 Baldwin known for his presidential impersonation 15 Village Voice

award

16 Dress down 18 TD Garden athlete, informally 19 Gorge oneself,

with “out” 20 Smidgen 21 Salmon type 23 Wash. neighbor 24 San ___, Italy 26 “Live Free or Die Hard” director Wiseman 27 Potentially

offensive 30 Bread that’s often brushed with ghee 31 Early anesthetic 34 Main line from

the heart 36 Aquafina

competitor 37 “Wow,

unbelievable!” 40 Cause

of yawns 41 Kitchen cabinet 42 Rainbow ___ 43 Others,

in Oaxaca

44 “A Dream Within a Dream” writer 45 Big college major, informally 49 Suffix with

morph50 Onetime giant in consumer electronics 52 Fair-hiring

letters 53 Audited,

as a class 56 “Be quiet!” 58 X-ray

alternative 59 Coveted,

as a position 60 Throws a fit 63 Fairy tale

meanie 64 Marriott

competitor 65 Core belief 66 Lies by the

pool, say 67 Penn of “Harold & Kumar” films 68 Figure skating event … or what the circled items always come in

Down

1 Quaint fashion

accessory 2 Enthusiastic

assent

3 Friendly

Islands native 4 www.

wikipedia.___ 5 Neither fem.

nor masc.

6 Pie ___ mode 7 Future perfect tense in grammar class, e.g.

8 Bounce back 9 Some mechanics’ tool collections 10 Informal cry from someone who is duped 11 Bloom

on a pad 12 Part lopped off by la guillotine 14 How pasta may be prepared 17 Talent

for music 22 Fully explain 25 Nanny

goat’s cry 28 Plays charades 29 Make rough 32 Brian who composed “Discreet Music”

33 What an air

ball misses 35 Train system:

Abbr. 36 Scooby-___ 37 Big step

for a young company, for short 38 Silent “Welcome” giver 39 Reciprocally 40 Cold one 42 You, in Tours 44 Isthmus land 46 Native of

Mocha 47 Drugstore

location, often 48 Bank jobs 51 Sashimi staple 53 Dalmatian

feature 54 Pond

organism 55 “Well,

all right then” 57 Start of a

web address 61 TV show that comes on at 11:29 (not 11:30) p.m. 62 Pekoe,

for one