The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Big position for

an M.B.A. 4 Email folder 8 ___ buddy 13 Language that gave us “pajamas” 15 ___ Minor 16 Emcee’s warmup 17 Sustainable water receptacles 19 Sports-starturned-model Gabrielle 20 Place to order sake and sashimi 21 Where values

may be taught 23 Summer setting for Toronto: Abbr. 24 Where the tibia

is 26 Attention-getter 27 “Mr. Roboto”

band

28 Banned from trade or commerce 31 Sound check

sound

34 Strip of computer shortcuts 35 Brita

competitor 36 Revered figure 37 Half of an old

movie duo 39 Machu Picchu

locale

40 Have a little

lamb?

41 Elvis Presley’s

middle name 42 Seasonal drink 44 Get off

46 New York City’s ___ Delano Roosevelt Park 47 Where you might find very little liquor 48 Marvel

mischief-maker 49 East Coast and West Coast educational inits.

52 Like many endangered species 55 Fastest of three

famous ships 57 Many Bhangra

dancers 58 Heighten expectations, say … or a hint to entering four answers in this puzzle 60 Some nasty

weather 61 “The jig ___!” 62 Shabby

establishment 63 Towel cloth 64 “Goodness

me!” 65 Stroke … or the object of strokes

Down

1 Malediction 2 Credit card

issue

3 Poet who’s full

of praise 4 California’s Big

___

5 Blend before

use

6 Lion of Narnia 7 Overseas post? 8 Traditional

canoe material 9 What a pirouette is performed on 10 Secretly unseal,

in a way 11 Tolkien

monsters 12 Homer’s local

watering hole 14 Home of some N.C.A.A. Wildcats

18 One with the grounds to serve you? 22 Nonkosher

entree

25 Like oxygen therapy chambers 27 Subway stop:

Abbr.

28 Word with dog or elephant 29 100-cent unit 30 Acetamino

|phen, for one 31 Even

32 Bowl berry 33 High-minded

sort? 34 Part of a royal

flush

38 ___ choy 39 Org. for paid

drivers 41 Official pardon 43 Complaint 45 This or that 46 About 40% of

table salt 48 Lead

49 Not cool 50 “Stone Cold” ___ Austin (TV host/wrestler) 51 Club with dinner and a show 52 Attention-getter 53 Provoke, with

“up”

54 The good fairies in “Sleeping Beauty,” e.g. 56 “___ be great if

…”

59 Person with

intelligence