The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Director Lee 4 Humdrum 8 World’s largest

peninsula 14 Response to a good meme, maybe

15 Many a staffer 16 “She” went through a huge breakup in 1984

17 Hells Canyon

locale: Abbr. 18 Stooge

19 Low draw 20 Something good to be under

22 Spring event

at a nursery 24 Successor to

the Cutlass 25 Intended 26 Wee wee? 27 Outlet for the

Loire

29 Give in

30 Ain’t right? 31 This pulls a bit 32 Ways 33 Not much 34 Figure in Milton’s “Paradise Lost” 36 Give a zero-star

review

39 Ride provider 40 Subj. of arms

talks

43 ___ de combat (out of action due to injury) 44 Clear speaking 46 Chest thumper,

for short? 47 Clothing

portmanteau 49 Map of México,

e.g.

50 Fought in

public

52 Even though 53 J. R. Ewing,

e.g.

54 Heroine of Tennessee Williams’s “Summer and Smoke” 56 Corn site 57 Derisive

58 A couple

of bucks? 59 T or F, frequently: Abbr. 60 Weatherspoon

of the W.N.B.A. 61 Big jerk 62 Wash. setting,

in the winter

Down

1 Poor woodcutter of folklore 2 Lumpy 3 Pleasant

glance 4 Driver’s license

information 5 Hoot

6 Flap

7 Hercule Poirot,

e.g.

8 Subject of an

Italian aria

9 Big Pharma

expense 10 “… sting

like ___” 11 Protein-rich

picnic dish 12 “It doesn’t hurt

that bad” 13 Gene mutation

results 21 Miracle-___ 23 Frank Loesser’s “Once in Love With ___” 25 Tart

28 Rhyme for “thee” in “America the Beautiful”

29 It may follow a dot

32 Lead prosecutor in the O. J. Simpson case 33 Stubborn one 34 Be against 35 Animal house 36 Maximally 37 Iceberg’s

cousin 38 Gallery owner 39 Still packing,

say

40 What the four undercover orgs. in this puzzle might do 41 Things that

are voted on 42 Means of

identification 44 Long, long time 45 Early diet

drink

47 Some cuts,

later 48 Neighbor of

South Sudan 51 Jolly Roger

pirate

52 Grace period? 55 Rural expanse

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