The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across 1 Artificially inflates

5 Sub (for) 9 “The Emancipation of ___” (6x platinum Mariah Carey album) 13 Oath locale 14 Men’s grooming aid 16 Oath locale 17 404 Not Found, e.g. 18 Shower amenity 19 Tight 20 Turner on a record 22 Subject of a scandal, maybe 23 “Heavens to Betsy!” 27 Points

31 ___ suit 32 Smoking or procrastination, e.g.

34 Alfred who pioneered in I.Q. testing

35 “Make it snappy!” 38 Set out on the highway? 39 Big cast? 40 Barely 41 Lose sleep (over) 42 Dirty look 44 Literary character played by Gregory Peck, Patrick Stewart and Orson Welles

48 You can bet on them

49 Help to set the scene

53 Old knockout? 57 Counter sign? 58 Per diem 59 Wretch 60 Casual phone greeting 61 Make (out) 62 Matches 63 Co-author of the 1957 memoir “The Untouchables”

Down 1 Standard part of preppy attire 2 An exhausted person might be on it

3 Like a hospital gown, maybe 4 They’re in good hands 5 Place “rocked” in a 1982 top 10 hit 6 Noble sort 7 “The Spanish Playing Cards” and “Nude With Mirror” 8 Novel filler

9 Faux alcoholic drink

10 A part of

11 French for “noon” 12 Grammy winner whose name sounds like a beverage 13 Low-___ 15 Threat bearing small arms? 21 One famous for seeing double? 23 Cuts out 24 “I’ve ___!” 25 Poet Marianne who won a 1952 Pulitzer 26 Sources of buzz 28 Opposite of mainstream 29 Like a bad apple, maybe 30 Punk, e.g. 33 Hand dryers 34 Wasn’t conspicuous

36 Crystal collectors, maybe 37 Like big fans 43 Big 12 school, familiarly 45 Do a cowboy’s job

46 Pines

47 Two whole notes, essentially 49 Soaks (up) 50 Drop ___ 51 Dustups 52 City on a lake of the same name

54 Cat sound 55 Eugene O’Neill’s “Desire Under the ___” 56 Kvass ingredient