The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Tea with

tapioca pearls 5 Tear to bits 10 Syringe amts. 13 Anthony Hopkins's role in "Thor" 14 France's

longest river 15 Something to draw names out of

16 Flaw in an

argument 19 Inventor David Aguilar built a fully functional prosthetic one from Legos 20 "My treat!" 21 ___ Sea, body of water between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan 22 "August: ___ County" (Pulitzerwinning play) 24 Walk quietly 26 Void

28 On the briny 29 Weightlifting item for a biceps routine 33 AOL competitor 34 Messy living

area

37 French friend 38 "I love you," in Spanish 40 Toad's kid-lit pal

41 Many a beverage ending in "-ade" 45 Lose rigidity 48 Trophy or

medal

49 Abbr. at the end of a list of authors 50 Marbled

loaves 51 Queen's pawn? 54 Spring-loaded office device ... or a collective hint to 16-, 26-, 34- and 41-Across 58 Cry that's a homophone (and anagram) of 55-Down 59 Meat skewer 60 Sign of past stitches, perhaps 61 Simon & Garfunkel's "___ Robinson" 62 Georgia school said to be one of the "Southern Ivies" 63 Fellow bringing a dozen roses, maybe

Down

1 Cattle-catching

weapon 2 Strong smell 3 Eagerly awaited

occasion

4 What "their" is spelled with, but not "there" or "they're" 5 Like "b-boy" or

"my b"

6 "A Study in Scarlet" detective 7 Widespread 8 Notable time

period 9 Director Guillermo ___ Toro

10 Reach the Billboard Hot 100, e.g. 11 Chocolate

source 12 Something that editors and clothing designers are concerned with 17 Cold weather

wear

18 Folded part of a

17-Down 23 Place for a

wax

24 Like a tightrope, ideally

25 Flo Rida hit with the lyric "Champagne buckets still got two tears in it" 26 Standard Oil

offshoot 27 Windows

runners 28 Comedian

Sedaris 30 Where to swing your partner ‘round and ‘round

31 Bad way to run 32 Equip for

sailing 34 Eggplant ___ (Italian dish, familiarly) 35 "It's my turn!" 36 "There but for the grace of God ___" 39 Use TurboTax,

e.g.

40 Silver ___ (tree

of the Alps) 42 Swift to fill a

concert hall? 43 Dorky 44 Scratchy voice

quality

45 "Don't let those

people escape!" 46 Catchall survey

option

47 Birds that sing extravagant melodies 50 Prefix meaning

"automated" 52 Final Four

org.

53 No ___ Traffic 55 Barely manage,

with "out" 56 Theatrical sort 57 Kind of port seen at airport kiosks