The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across 1 Certain “work spouse” 11 One with a handle on the transportation industry? 15 Alternative to Mountain Dew 16 Caption on breaking news 17 One who might cackle “Mwaha-ha-ha!” 18 Years and years

19 X or Y preceder 20 Walks or runs 21 “Nice thinking!” 22 Like a Hail Mary pass 25 Amplify, with “out” 27 Kissing in a restaurant or on a bus, for short 28 Lad 30 Scurry 32 Levels

34 Bit of protective wear? 35 Name given to toughen up a boy, in a song 37 What a person with a poker face doesn’t do 39 Writer Deighton 40 With complete care

42 Bris officiant 44 Friday and Saturday Broadway showtime 46 Paparazzi targets, briefly 49 Orch. section 50 Island of myth in Homer’s “Odyssey” 52 Soak

54 On the verge of crying 56 Gospel singer Winans

58 ___ Balls (Hostess product) 59 Ancient Norse work

60 Old Native American carvings 63 Like comments that require apologies 64 Question always best answered “no” 65 Springs 66 Previews

Down

1 End of fraternity row?

2 101, 102 and others 3 Draw back 4 “___ say!” 5 Small part of the works 6 Things in orbits 7 Was released 8 Related to the hip

9 Set at a cocktail party 10 Canon camera 11 Shut (up) 12 Home of the Met … or the Mets 13 “Hunger Games” protagonist Katniss ___ 14 Common fix for computer problems 21 Bogus 23 Consumes, biblically 24 TiVo, for one

26 Give a withering review

29 One edition of The Wall Street Journal 31 Retro hairstyle 33 Uncle ___ 35 Dressed for the game 36 Highest-quality, according to govt. food regulators 38 Longest continuous sponsor of the Olympics (since 1928) 40 Court players 41 Pause in a legal process 43 Two-time U.S. Open champ of the 1990s 45 French leader after Hollande 47 “Take care!” 48 “Where the Wild Things Are” author 51 Spooky 53 Parts of earrings 55 X-ray units 57 Popular “Star Wars” doll 60 Them’s the breaks! 61 Problem for an infielder, maybe 62 Barely manage, with “out”

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