The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Tail-shedding

lizard

6 General name

on a dish 9 Yahoo

13 Not warranted 14 Food item rich in antioxidants 17 ___ mouth 18 One with a no-returns policy? 19 Bibliographic

catchall

21 Big nightlife

environment 22 Sorts

24 Un domicilio 25 Time’s time span

27 Having trouble

with 29 Abounding 33 Come before 35 Where plays

are discussed 37 With 40-Across, place for cinders 38 Date that provides a phonetic hint to four other answers in this puzzle

40 See 37-Across 41 Dos y dos 43 Locks

45 Green of Austin

Powers movies 46 Hebrew name meaning “he has given” 48 Online market

for crafts 49 Black

51 Yogurt choice,

informally 53 “Where all the cabaret shows are,” in song 57 Mother of

Calcutta

60 “A New Leaf” actress/ director, 1971 62 When the N.B.A. regular season ends 63 Begins one’s board game turn, perhaps 64 Arithmetic

series symbol 65 Ruminate 66 ___ moment 67 Pseudoconvertibles

Down

1 Condo V.I.P. 2 Gut feeling? 3 “Sounds like a

deal”

4 Hard and

crunchy, maybe 5 Enter, as a

password

6 Pic on a pec,

perhaps

7 Union concern 8 State that borders Veracruz 9 Soccer penalty

indicator 10 Advocate 11 Air-cooled machine gun

12 Literary

governess 15 “Count me out” 16 Director 20 “Yes, how nice of you to offer” 23 “Smooth Operator” singer, 1985

25 W.W. II females 26 Come after 28 Voltaire,

religiously 30 “It’s getting

late”

31 Moves like a butterfly

32 Itty

34 Hub: Abbr. 36 See 39-Down 39 With 36-Down, suitable for two applications 42 Sponge

alternative 44 Frenzied trading floor, metaphorically 47 Weakness 50 Outlaws

52 The Last

Supper, e.g. 53 Wheat ___ 54 Diamond family

name

55 Group addressed in the South

56 A head 58 Dimwit 59 “Regrettably

…”

61 Support for a

motion