The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Card game with melds 8 Divulged 15 Scrubbed 16 Wonder Woman, for one

17 Part 1 of a story attributed to 34-Across 18 Elevate, redundantly 19 Bed of roses? 20 Fortitude 21 Sellout abbr. 22 Institution founded by Benjamin Franklin, in brief

24 Part 2 of the story

26 It adds punch to punch 27 Goes back and forth (with) 29 Nast of publishing 30 Foie ___ 32 “___ better be good!” 33 Barnyard bleat 34 Author of the concise yet evocative story told in this puzzle 40 Unwelcoming 41 Show of approval 42 Subject of a 1960 expedition by Sir Edmund Hillary 43 Yoga pose 46 Sainted 11thcentury pope 48 Feeling of a frosty wind 49 End of the story 51 Montana mining city 53 Mister, abroad 54 One of the only remaining “people’s republics” 55 A whole bunch 56 Sneaky critters 58 Like this puzzle’s story, in length 61 Dub, say

62 One being dubbed 63 Confirm, as an email address 64 “No making changes now”

Down

1 Shortening in a coffee order 2 ___ group (hospital classification) 3 Leif Ericson, for one 4 Burning desire? 5 Sullies

6 Let the cat out of the bag 7 Gator’s tail? 8 Alternative to a fence

9 Like some smoky Scotch 10 Biometric ID method

11 Article in El Mundo 12 Surmounts 13 Accustomed 14 Oust 20 People found in rows

22 Push

23 Sign of cat love 24 Cat hate 25 “Stardust” composer Carmichael 28 ___ party 31 It flows to the harbor of Le Havre

33 The south of France, with “le”

35 1991 sequel to “Gone With the Wind”

36 Part of the DreamWorks logo

37 Struck out on one’s own 38 Squabbling 39 Cry of pain 43 Echo, e.g. 44 Unfazed 45 Do loop-theloops, maybe 46 Not so fast? 47 Popular new holidays gifts of 2001

50 Hit 2008 Pixar film 52 Single 55 Limo window feature 57 Opposite of purity

58 Take to the hills?

59 Kylo ___ of “Star Wars” 60 “Dr.” with the 2011 hit “I Need a Doctor”