The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame designer 6 “Philomena” co-star, 2013 11 Sound from a silencer 14 Beat, in a way 15 First name in aviation 16 What’s big in Texas? 17 Canadian crooner Michael

18 Foe

20 “Por ___ Cabeza” (tango song) 21 Atmosphere around a celebrity trial, say 23 Prison area 25 Royal son of the comics 26 Tributary of the Mississippi 27 “Seriously!” 31 Alfredo sauce brand 32 Computer science pioneer John von ___ 33 Cries of enlightenment 35 School of whales 36 Snap, with “out” 37 Tolstoy’s first name, in Russia

38 See 60-Down 41 Go down 42 Reggie, to Archie, in Archie Comics 44 Greeting in Victoria 47 “Well, I declare!” 49 Bridesmaid dress shade 51 Richard Gere title role 52 Leave in 53 1979 film whose name comes from a “Chicago” song 57 ___-Magnon 58 University of California campus site 59 Put to shame 61 Business card abbr. 62 Widen, as jeans legs 63 Parker ___, so-called “Queen of the Indies” 64 Fine-grained wood

65 Was really angry 66 Celsius, for one

Down

1 “It’s on me” 2 The world’s tallest mountain, base to peak 3 Who said “Without promotion, something terrible happens … nothing!” 4 Dragon roll ingredient 5 Latin word in a footnote 6 Look-alike 7 It may be spoiled 8 Bygone Chevy model 9 Pitch setter 10 Dirty cop? 11 Paragraph analogue 12 Saul Bellow novel 13 “Psst!” 19 Retail giant since 1886 22 Making 24 Brother’s title

28 Basic beverage, in baby talk

29 Nutso 30 Posh hotel, familiarly 34 Bygone Chevy model 38 Precedent setter 39 Underwater 40 One way of seeing 41 Peter Fonda’s role in “Easy Rider” 43 Some college Greeks 44 Expressionless 45 Widen 46 Never-beforeseen 48 Beseech 50 Refuse 54 Org. fighting anti-Muslim discrimination 55 Tube alternative 56 Video game sounds 60 With 38-Across, pasta shape