The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Viral internet joke, like “Grumpy Cat” 5 Trap 10 Protected, as a

horse’s hooves 14 Bar ___ (lawyer’s hurdle) 15 “Game of Thrones” servant

16 Cover in

blacktop, say 17 Pixar’s “Finding

___”

18 Friend of Porthos and Aramis in “The Three Musketeers” 19 Diva’s delivery 20 Punctuation marks indicating irony 23 Common email

attachment type 24 Evaluate, as ore 25 Alternatives to

Macs

26 Golf peg 28 Shampoo brand with a “sassy” name 30 “Amen!” 33 “Moonlight” actor Mahershala 36 Binges on bad news, in modern slang 39 Wine and ___ 41 Michelangelo sculpture whose name means “compassion” 42 Chair or bench 43 Mail that cannot be delivered or returned 46 Come to a close 47 Helios, in Greek

myth

48 Chest muscles,

for short 50 Japanese

money

51 One shells out

for it at Shell 53 Peabody or

Pulitzer 57 Instagram upload, informally 59 Hired pen … or, punnily, the author of 20-, 36- and 43-Across? 62 Muslim prayer

leader

64 Like a pirouetting ballet dancer 65 Walk back and

forth

66 Zap, as a

cornea 67 Stuck-up sort 68 Cupid’s Greek

counterpart 69 Former flames 70 Nobles outranking viscounts 71 Seven “deadly”

things

Down

1 The brainy

bunch?

2 V.I.P.s at the top

of an org chart 3 The ___ & the

Papas

4 Hybrid hip-hop

genre

5 N.B.A. great

O’Neal, to fans 6 Unable to

handle the task 7 For a specific purpose, as a committee 8 Cheers (for) 9 Gaelic dialect 10 Place for a

facial

11 “To Kill a Mockingbird” novelist 12 Roman poet who wrote “Love will enter cloaked in friendship’s name”

13 Like most Gallaudet University students 21 Sized up

visually

22 Sight on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 27 Bigheaded people have big ones

29 Lassoed 30 Words of

empathy 31 Pizazz 32 Founded: Abbr. 33 Sums

34 “In ___ of gifts …” (line on an invitation)

35 “Be that as it

may …” 37 Connected with 38 Small child’s convenience for reaching a sink 40 Slight

advantage 44 Yearn (for) 45 Surgical

souvenir

49 ___ right (shows interest on Tinder) 51 “Never ___ Give You Up” (Rick Astley tune)

52 Actress Mary of “The Maltese Falcon” 54 Video game company behind Centipede 55 Scout’s mission, in brief

56 Cover in bandages or vinaigrette, say

57 Heap 58 Supersized movie format 60 Nylons 61 Moistens 63 Octubre o

noviembre

No. 1031