The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 TV’s “The Crown” or “Dexter” 6 Surrounded by 10 Crime show

figure

13 Tiny bits 14 Many babysitters’ rules

16 Swiss

waterway 17 Decision to go with drapes instead of blinds? 19 “Dexter” channel, in TV listings 20 Info that might be given with a gate change 21 Engineered

food, briefly 22 Ready to burst 24 Level

26 Lots

27 State tree of

Iowa 28 Slapstick

specialty 31 Lip-smackin’

good

34 Like groaner

humor

35 Tease

relentlessly 36 Word after test

or web 37 Some pullovers 38 1944 battle

locale

39 Law regarding access for the handicapped, for short

40 Add and

then stir 41 Daniel who wrote “Flowers for Algernon” 42 Got back 44 Broadway’s

“___ Joey” 45 Sea eagles 46 Lure with a phony online persona 50 Cameo role,

typically

52 Pad see ew

cuisine

53 Mater ___

(title for Mary) 54 ___ Miss 55 Accountant’s shares in a company? 58 “Noises ___” (1982 farce featuring a play within a play) 59 Some native

Nebraskans 60 Therefore 61 Like Falstaff 62 “Deadly” septet 63 Outstanding

Supporting ___

Down

1 Cut into bits 2 Paper deliverer’s assignment 3 Gillette razors 4 Yoga accessory 5 Pioneering

botanist

6 Get to

7 Comfy slip-ons 8 Once ___ while 9 Only N.F.L. team with a perfect season (1972)

10 Fly fisherman? 11 Obama’s

birthplace 12 Play thing 15 Like some nasty winter weather 18 Response to

“You hurt?” 23 Lead-in to Geo 25 Telethon

giveaway 26 Area in front of the front row of a theater 28 “Can you do

me a ___?” 29 Salad green 30 They may clash in a theater 31 Leader with a title derived from the name “Caesar” 32 Errand runner,

maybe

33 Why one missed the coach? 34 Ones calling out the rowing rhythm 37 Pesto

ingredients 38 Individual 40 Nine-time baseball All-Star nicknamed “The Cuban Comet” 41 Nanki-Poo’s pursuer in “The Mikado” 43 Vessel that measured 300 x 50 x 30 cubits

44 Allen’s replacement on “The Tonight Show”

46 “Life is a kind of ___”: Benjamin Franklin 47 Surprise declaration at the altar 48 Painting on

dry plaster 49 Trail guide user 50 Bowser’s

warning

51 ___ Romeo 52 Group reporting to Eliot Ness 56 Question of

false modesty 57 Private eye, in

old slang