The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Civil rights pioneer

Du Bois 4 Shade of blue 8 Rant 14 Chicago’s home: Abbr. 15 Racer with the tortoise

16 Like a show with a single performer 17 Only majorleague player to enter the 3,000-hit club in the 1980s 19 Ranting 20 1965 Beatles hit that starts “Ooh, I need your love, babe” 22 Donkey 23 Final bubble on a questionnaire, maybe 24 Something a barber has to work around 26 Maidenform product 27 Catch, as on a thorn

31 HBO show hosted by John Oliver

36 And so on: Abbr.

37 Home for the Hawks and Braves: Abbr. 38 Equal: Prefix

39 Pal of Pooh 40 1974 John Updike novel 44 Greek cheese 45 Winery container 46 Verbal stumbles 47 Tattoo artist 50 Bug spray brand

52 The change from Julian to Gregorian … or what would be needed to make 20-, 31and 40-Across possible? 58 A snake has a forked one 59 Engages in military conflict 60 Acting grownup

61 Barely 62 Three on a grandfather clock 63 Dictation experts 64 Hankerings 65 Newspaper staffers, for short

Down

1 Electronic money transfer 2 “The Time Machine” people 3 Edifice: Abbr. 4 Informal talks 5 Gridiron gains 6 Bay ___ (San Francisco, Oakland, etc.) 7 When repeated, Frank Sinatra title city 8 Holy Jewish scroll 9 Wowed 10 Classic game with black-andwhite discs 11 Female friend for François 12 Cold and damp, as a dungeon 13 Main lang. of the Commonwealth countries 18 Nautical map 21 Believer in a strong federal government 24 Message on a cake in “Alice in Wonderland” 25 Fancy tie 26 Pulitzerwinning Toni Morrison novel 28 Google ___ Viewer (tool for charting word frequency over time) 29 Ship-to-ship communications? 30 Classic Pontiacs

31 Flip (through) 32 Angkor ___ (Cambodian site) 33 Biblical verb suffix 34 The Beavers of the Pac-12, for short 35 The “N” of NCO 41 Carpenter’s tool that’s faster than a hammer 42 Very distant 43 Homer Simpson’s favorite beers 48 Prefix with science 49 Crawling on hands and ___ 50 Church instrument 51 Supplies with meals 52 Jacket 53 Upfront bet 54 Give stars to 55 Little injury, in baby talk 56 Antipest spray 57 Some hospital pics 58 Things with ® symbols: Abbr.