The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Al who created Li’l Abner 5 Chatting online, in brief 10 Almost any offer that’s too good to be true 14 Doozy

15 “I swear!” 16 Robe in old Rome

17 The “A” of U.A.E. 18 *Basketball position for Magic Johnson or Steph Curry 20 *Level on the military wage scale 22 Player in front of a net 23 What sailors and beachgoers breathe 24 Uncouth person 25 Colorado summer hrs. 26 *Alternative to a brush when coating the side of a house 30 Things coiled on the sides of houses 33 With 44-Across, onetime British slapstick comic 34 Single-stranded genetic molecule 35 ___ and crafts 36 Consumer products giant, for short … or a hint to the answers to the eight starred clues 37 Tylenol target 38 “You got it now?” 39 Toyota hybrid 40 North Pole resident 41 *The Beach Boys or Backstreet Boys 43 Amusement 44 See 33-Across 45 Marx’s collaborator on “The Communist Manifesto” 49 ___ Field, former home of the Seattle Mariners 52 *Shade akin to olive 54 *Sorority types who go out a lot 56 Eugene O’Neill’s “___ Christie” 57 Help with a crime 58 Letter-shaped fastener 59 “Veni, ___, vici” 60 Hellmann’s product, informally 61 Daytime or Primetime awards 62 Holler

Down

1 Applauds 2 Enveloping glows, old-style 3 ___ del Rey, Calif. 4 *Darts and snooker 5 Somewhat 6 An emoji may suggest it 7 1970s tennis champ Nastase 8 Writer Anaïs 9 Dig into work 10 E. B. White’s “___ Little” 11 Unwanted stocking stuffer 12 Prefix with cultural 13 Prepared, as dinner or a bed 19 Foolish, informally 21 Frees (of) 24 Marching halftime crews 26 Fence in 27 Mom’s mom, for short 28 The “U” of I.C.U. 29 Mom’s mom 30 Lock securer 31 ___ O’s (breakfast cereal)

32 One of 12 in Alcoholics Anonymous 33 Oksana ___, 1994 Olympic skating wonder 36 What may precede Chapter 1 in a novel 37 *Roast accompaniment prepared with drippings 39 $$$$, on Yelp 40 Like choir music 42 Run-down area 43 Lavish meals 46 Counting-off word 47 1980s tennis champ Ivan 48 Creature that leaves a slimy trail 49 What an email filter filters 50 Rhyme scheme for Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” 51 Glenn of the Eagles 52 School event with a king and a queen 53 “For Better or for Worse” mom 55 Company that pioneered the U.P.C. bar code