The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Assume a

leading role 6 Jackson

5 coifs, informally 10 ___ lepton (subatomic particle)

13 —

14 Hindu sun god 15 Insects that nest in deadwood 16 Jordanian

tourist site 17 Logician’s “E” 18 —

19 Big name in

cosmetics 21 Wheat whacker 23 Cleaning tools 26 Professional who’s often busy in Q2 27 Cause of some spinning wheels 28 Collectors of

DNA

29 Met people 32 In sci-fi, it had the registry number NCC-1701 33 Short dagger 34 —

36 Like almost all of Turkey’s flag 37 Key that moves the cursor to the next line … or a hint to answering five clues in this puzzle 41 Whom mentors

mentor

44 One of the 12 tributes in “The Hunger Games” 45 Pheromone,

notably

48 Real

know-it-all? 49 Classic Scott

Joplin rag 50 They might be

linked by LANs 51 Literally,

“big wind” 53 —

55 Actress Anouk of “La Dolce Vita” 56 Teri Garr’s role in “Young Frankenstein” 57 ___ Minor 59 Four people might compete in them

63 Fair grades 64 Indigo dye

source 65 “Fowl”-tasting Japanese dish 66 Scammer’s

ID target 67 Highland youth 68 —

Down

1 Shortening in

the kitchen? 2 Downed 3 Actress Dennings of “2 Broke Girls” 4 “Great” birds 5 Order in a

lawyer’s letter 6 Bohemian sorts 7 Scarce

8 Ones going down the tubes?

9 Holds

10 Some Hindu meditative exercises 11 Last U.S. president who never had a vice president 12 Some big

sports stories 15 Small, low

island

20 Home run ___ (baseball highlight) 22 Workers and

soldiers 23 Victoria’s Secret specification 24 Country in a

Beatles title 25 Assent in

Andalusia 26 Bona fides 30 First name on the Supreme Court

31 Style: Fr. 33 Wear seen in “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” 35 Symphony

section: Abbr. 38 Alvin and the Chipmunks, e.g.

39 Bread common to many countries 40 Pull (in) 42 Building of interest, maybe

43 Part of a dict.

entry

45 Chest

protectors? 46 Macbeth and

Macduff 47 Model Chrissy 48 Author

Gail with biographies of Hillary Clinton and Mikhail Gorbachev 52 Joe of

Hollywood 54 Hip-hop artist with the #1 album “Hip Hop Is Dead” 55 Sales caveat 58 Messenger

molecule 60 G.I.

classification 61 ___ factor 62 Compete in

slopestyle, say