The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Big affair 5 Disarray 9 Certain Mideast native 14 Range, e.g. 16 Panache 17 Painful spa treatment 18 Literally, “dwarf dog” 19 Skunk’s defense 21 Workplace inspection org. 22 Avid fan of a Stephenie Meyer young adult series 26 Company 28 Last name in punk rock 29 Halley’s comet, to William the Conqueror 30 Usually partnered conjunction 32 Closing question 34 Your, of yore 36 B-school applicant’s hurdle 37 Shakes off 39 Wine center near Turin 40 “Otherwise ...” 42 Line at a dance 44 No-goodnik 45 ___ nitrate (diesel fuel additive) 47 Rude reply 48 Serengeti stampeders 50 Held high 51 Powerful person 52 Peter of “The Lion in Winter” 54 Get ready for a Mr. Universe competition, say 56 Promoting fair competition, in a way 61 Letter in the Greek or NATO alphabet 62 One who illegally ignores orders 63 Hitherto 64 Pizza joint in “Do the Right Thing” 65 Short and sweet signoff

DOWN

1 Hunky-dory 2 Prefix with cycle 3 E-ZPass site: abbr. 4 Noah Webster, collegiately 5 Busing supervisors 6 Single 7 Many a digitalization 8 “American Pie,” e.g. 9 U.S. Army E-7 10 Hard to reach 11 Heraldic charge indicating supposed illegitimate birth 12 Promptly 13 It might have a cadenza 15 Off the deep end 20 Spectral quality 22 Like many Shakespeare plays 23 “Feel good” sensations 24 “Are you kidding me?!” 25 Manual 27 Shell filling 29 Onetime Los Angeles center 31 Pulled (in) 33 “Goodness gracious!” 35 ___ couture 38 “Finlandia” composer 41 Gravel alternative 43 Small mammals that secrete a musk used in perfumes 46 Leader mentioned in the Beatles’ “Revolution” 49 ___ force 50 Texter’s “Too funny!” 51 Closing bars 53 Service designation 55 Overly rehearsed 57 Andy’s dinosaur in “Toy Story” 58 Not quite nada 59 Evening hour 60 End of a match, for short