The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Flaky mineral 5 She “walked like a woman and talked like a man,” in a Kinks song 9 Say with

conviction 13 Lots

14 Film format that’s sometimes in 3-D 15 Mushroom’s reproductive cell

16 Refined chap 17 Base for long-distance carriers? 19 “This is looking extremely bad for me!” 21 Person setting

the stage? 22 Archaeologist played by Harrison Ford, informally 23 Lyricist

Gershwin 25 Ricky Martin’s “Livin’ La Vida ___”

26 South Asian

shade tree 28 Prohibit 29 Fuel that contributes to global warming 30 A mere pittance 33 What “X” might represent on a treasure map 34 An official language of Canada: Abbr. 35 Ink-squirting

creature 40 Unexpected hit 43 Size in a

lingerie shop 47 Rebel on many

T-shirts 48 Wears away 49 “… ish”

50 “The StarSpangled Banner” contraction 51 Hardly an

upscale bar 52 Cell that fires

on impulse 54 Emission from radioactive decay 57 Cleopatra’s

lover

60 Shower

affection (on) 61 Annual athletic

awards 62 Canadian

Plains tribe 63 Wee bit 64 Eliot who

chased Capone 65 File size units,

informally 66 IDs collected

by H.R.

Down

1 Storied

traveling trio 2 Unit in an

online cart 3 “I’m

listening …” 4 Stop and

go, e.g. 5 “Sing” without

singing

6 Leave out

7 Fall behind 8 Body spray

brand 9 High-level H.S. class with integrals

10 It has its charms 11 Beethoven’s

Third

12 Undo, as a law 15 ___-Cat

(winter vehicle) 18 Chimp’s

relative 20 Grows fur for

the winter, say 23 Pro at building financial worth, slangily 24 Kitchen

appliance 26 Secretive email

option 27 “That’s the

spot!” 31 Actress Anne of “Donnie Brasco”

32 ___ de corps 36 1951 film

featuring Nero 37 Brand of kids’ wear with Superman and Batman options 38 Filler for a

cooler

39 Some A.L.

sluggers 41 N.C.A.A. women’s basketball powerhouse 42 Overnight

flights 43 People who target the starts of 17-, 30-, 40- and 57-Across 44 Paper fold 45 Takes by

force 46 Raunchy 1981 comedy with two sequels 53 Intl. group headquartered in D.C.

54 Rare blood type, for short

55 Memo heading

abbr.

56 Pro votes 58 Channel showing old films 59 Valuable rock