The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Carne ___ taco 6 Ski mountain

transport 10 Hairdo 14 Substance used by gymnasts and cellists

15 Major or Minor

in astronomy? 16 Cry just before the guest of honor arrives at a surprise party 17 Staged, as a disappearance 18 Thecountry musicindustry 20 Thelobbying industry

22 So far

23 Blog message 24 Like facts, but not fiction 26 Thehigh-tech industry 31 Valuable violin,

informally 32 Leave out 33 Japanese

honorific

35 Ja’s opposite 36 Banksy’s “Girl With Balloon,” e.g. 38 Low-ranking

NCOs

39 Office linkup

letters

40 Vegan protein

source

41 Think “OMG! OMG!” 42 Theadvertising industry 46 Makes

a choice 47 Ancient Roman statesman known as “the Censor” 48 Rocky outcrops 51 Theautomotive industry 54 Thefilm industry 57 More bizarre 59 Actress

Fanning 60 Carmaker with a four-ring logo

61 Conceal 62 National

symbol

63 Put on display,

with “out” 64 Friend of Forman and Fez on “That ’70s Show”

Down

1 Sound from a

little dog 2 Marinate,

e.g.

3 Shows

curiosity 4 Nutritionist’s

offering 5 Smartphone operating system with the biggest market share 6 Find on the

radio dial 7 Sitter’s handful 8 Ninny 9 Encouraging

word 10 Sculptor’s tool 11 Like canned sardines and olives, typically 12 Just twiddling

one’s thumbs 13 Three in a yard 19 Strongroom 21 “Emergency”

keyboard key 24 Rating for nonkid shows 25 Train travel 26 Use a rice

cooker, e.g. 27 Olympic figure skater Slutskaya 28 Like some tights and baseball games 29 College sports

channel

30 New Haven Ivy

Leaguer

31 NBC weekend skit show, for short 34 Situation Room

grp.

36 Not quite all 37 Alien transports 38 Make out

40 A bit lit

41 Gag gift in a

ventilated box 43 Fairway

challenge 44 Scored

100 on an exam 45 Brewery

fixture 48 Sous-___ 49 Get moving,

casually 50 Spaghetti ___

carbonara 51 Chowderhead 52 “White Wedding” singer

Billy

53 Oolong and

Darjeeling 55 Angkor ___ (Cambodian temple)

56 Fox drama “___ Kind of People” 58 Onetime movie studio rival of MGM