The New York Times crossword puzzle

1 Crumbly salad ingredient 5 Halves of some measurements 11 It might involve a DNA test 14 Love of mythology? 15 Exam required before entering uni 16 Something good in baseball, but bad in banking 17 Kind of ball for indoor play 18 Usually nonremunerative undertaking 20 It’s named for a Norse goddess of wisdom: Abbr.

21 Will figure 22 Supersede 23 Funk of Funk & Wagnalls 25 Punk cousin 27 “Right on” 28 Characters in “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” 30 Batman portrayer of TV and film

Across

33 Request softener 35 Online feed letters

36 A spy might send a message in one 38 Unaccredited university, say 40 Do some basic math 43 Green giant 45 Sound around a cradle 47 “Miss ___” 49 Capitol Hill activity 50 1969 novel subtitled “Ardor:

A Family Chronicle” 52 Brandon ___, lead role in 1999’s “Boys Don’t Cry” 53 Northern fishers’ implements 56 Arctic explorer John

58 Skin pic 59 Screen for a shooter 61 Corrupt, in British slang 62 Big Ten East sch. 63 Genesis peak

64 Bring down 65 Crossed 66 Lax in duty 67 ___ Bongo, president of Gabon for 42 years

Down

1 Amateur work based on existing characters, informally 2 Boston college 3 Singer with the 1992 doubleplatinum album “Little Earthquakes” 4 Sound from a toy 5 Newspaper with the slogan “Democracy Dies in Darkness,” in brief

6 “The L Word” creator Chaiken

7 Case worker: Abbr.

8 One who runs the show 9 “___, boy!” 10 Not stay in the bucket

11 Joe might need this

12 A “lousy teacher,” per Bill Gates 13 Partner of purposes 19 “The Hunger Games” actress, in tabloids 21 Like promethium, among all the rare earth metals 24 Cranked (up) 26 Down pat 29 Italian film director Leone 31 Kitchen drawers?

32 Treat, in a way 34 Tennis feat named for the athlete who achieved it in 2003 and 2015 37 Woman’s name that sounds like two letters of the alphabet 39 Winter Olympics pair 40 NyQuil alternative 41 Bishop’s territory 42 Kind of bread with chopped fruit 44 Treasure trove 46 Minimalist’s desire

48 Flap one’s gums 51 Quarters 54 Way off 55 Kind of transfer 57 Language ___ 60 TNT element? 61 Dude

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