The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Luxury Hyundai 6 Villain’s part,

often

10 Letters before

Q

14 Get going 15 Comment after

a burp

17 Sing to a baby,

maybe 18 Antibiotic

ointment 19 Court

interruption 21 Former reality TV show first hosted by Anderson Cooper 22 Ancient Greek

colonnade 23 Good time to

build a castle? 25 John, overseas 26 Hero of New

Orleans

27 Big gulp 31 Doctors’

orders? 32 Classic paperback publisher 33 Touching,

maybe 35 “House of

Cards,” e.g. 38 Oneirologist’s

study

39 “Pulp Fiction”

actor Rhames 40 9-Down

selection 41 Class 42 Ministers (to) 43 Starter for

starter? 44 Embiggen 47 Cool,

colloquially 48 Flawlessly styled, in modern slang

51 Hopes, with some effort, that one will 53 Major thoroughfare in Rome 55 Sticky

patch

56 Real lifesavers 57 Tub-thump 58 Sediment 59 “___ Funny That Way” (old song standard) 60 Apollo played

with them

Down

1 Vacation destinations off the coast of Venezuela 2 Path of an overnight star 3 Compliment,

typically 4 Red Spanish

wine 5 Member of the British royal family 6 Japanese lunch option 7 Paleolithic

relic

8 Role on the 1960s “Star Trek”

9 Some rolls 10 Argentine soccer star, informally 11 Rocket

stabilizer

12 Be hot 13 Something carried by a singer

16 Tore

20 First king to unite all the Frankish tribes 24 Successfully

wooed 26 Image on the South Carolina flag

28 What every actor would probably like to do 29 School in the Big Sky Conference 30 Comfy shoe

features 33 Back-to-school

purchase 34 Vegan

no-nos

36 The King, late

in his career 37 Fair game 42 “… the Lord

___ away” 45 Must get 46 “Jay ___ Garage” (Emmywinning series) 47 Like pub

patrons 48 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, e.g. 49 Highest score in baccarat 50 Writing on the wall, so to speak

52 Teen ___ 54 Polo alternative