The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Exiled leader of

1979

5 Sing smoothly 10 I.R.S. experts 14 Spotted rodent of South America

15 Zoo resident that needs a big tank 16 River of

Florence

17 And others, for

short 18 Following 19 Word exclaimed with “Get” or “Too” 20 Slight sense that something is seriously shady

23 Minus

24 “Texas tea” 25 Courtroom wear … or concern 27 “Just do it” or

“I’m lovin’ it” 32 One who really brings out the crowds 35 Broody rock

genre

36 “Ye” follower on shoppe signs

37 Gene, the

singing cowboy 38 Hitters’ stats 39 Take advantage

of

40 Military unit assembled for sudden attack 42 Generous

giving 44 Morales of “Criminal Minds” 45 Jokester 46 Depression-era

migrant

48 Fight to the bitter end … or a hint to the starts of 20-, 32- and 40-Across 55 “Star Trek: T.N.G.” character 56 Stay home for

supper

57 “Fine by me” 58 Unwelcome bit

of mail 59 Paddle 60 Shakespearean

king

61 Artist

Warhol 62 Citrusy, e.g. 63 Hamlet, for one

Down

1 Eject, as angry

words

2 “Thirty days ___ September …” 3 Antioxidant-rich

berry

4 24,110 years, for plutonium 239

5 Bad state to be

in

6 Guitar phrases 7 Chooses

8 Intl. group with two South American members and none in North America 9 “When Harry Met Sally …” writer Ephron 10 Exercise on an elliptical machine, informally 11 Middle school

math class 12 Annoyingly

focused 13 What astronomers call a day on Mars 21 Greek salad

topper 22 Florida State athlete, slangily 25 Tortilla chip dip 26 What the River Styx forms the boundary of 27 Bandleader

Shaw

28 Quaint

dagger

29 Eye woe

30 ___ curiae (friends of the court)

31 Part of the body associated with sneezing, sniffling and snoring 32 Awful-smelling 33 Big mixing

containers 34 “___ is not to

reason why” 38 Copper alloy

used in jewelry 40 State flower of

Utah 41 Ireland’s Sinn

___ 43 Annoying

critic

46 In the red 47 Broadway’s

“___ Boots” 48 Enter

49 Rapper

Kanye 50 California’s ___

Valley 51 Superhero

creator Lee 52 Company that was the first in the U.S. to air a TV ad with a gay couple (1994) 53 Indian flatbread 54 Circular or

spiral motion 55 Org. for which Mike Tyson twice held the heavyweight title