The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Little squeakers 5 Good thing to keep above water

9 Hip

13 Said aloud 14 Enter abruptly and obtrusively, with “in” 15 Soothing ingredient 16 Actor who won an Oscar for 1950’s “Cyrano de Bergerac” 18 Challenge sometimes built outdoors with hedges 19 Not remote, as a TV reporter 20 “Yours truly” alternative 22 What a baseball rundown usually ends in 23 Pipe type 25 Sugar suffix 28 Longtime rival of Roger Federer 33 Gambling card game 35 Oodles 36 Actress Blunt

37 Dictator following the Spanish Civil War 40 Famous Ford failure 41 Hacienda room 42 Very bright, as colors 43 A founder of Mexican muralism 46 Wagner’s “___ Rheingold” 47 See 38-Down 48 Permit to 50 Big scoopers 53 Words from a new arrival 57 Milky white mineraloid 58 Its “saintly” cities include the starts to 16-, 28-, 37- and 43-Across 61 Attend

62 In pieces 63 Skirt style 64 Agreeable (to) 65 Splendor 66 Baseball’s Musial

Down 1 Confidence, slangily 2 With 7-Down, early historical time 3 Mama ___ Elliot

4 Vote into office

5 ___ Krishna (religious movement) 6 Muff something 7 See 2-Down 8 Go off the tracks 9 Professional on a film set 10 Norway’s patron saint 11 Move like molasses 12 Creepy stare 14 Widely spoken language in India

17 One cause of goose bumps 21 More balanced mentally 23 Lower part of Wayne Manor 24 Fix a clog? 25 Killed, in mobspeak 26 Famed theater district restaurateur 27 Rub out 29 What’s left of a dinosaur 30 Enjoyed a fine meal 31 Company with a can-do attitude? 32 French city with a history of silk-making 34 Eight pints 38 With 47-Across, get the buyer to buy

39 Liberal and then some 44 Little troublemaker 45 Prefix with dynamic 49 Partner of conditions 50 Shell’s shell, e.g.

51 Each

52 One may be blind or hot 53 Employ 54 Participating 55 Radames’s love, in opera 56 Principal 59 “The Simpsons” character whose last name has 18 letters 60 Loosey-goosey