The New York Times Crossword

No. 0310

ACROSS

1 Soft “seat” in the woods 5 Things that may be hot or

dropped

9 It’s a lot to assume 14 Shocked response to Brutus 15 Come back

16 Cropped up

17 Good name for an average

Joe

18 Related

19 Moving gracefully

20 Start of a saying about

getting in the way

23 Acid’s opposite

24 Mad as a hatter

28 Wrangler alternative

29 Start of a saying about

negative influence

32 Rocker Bob

33 Elizabeth I, for one

34 Center of a sting operation? 37 Small, flat-bottomed boat 40 Stereotypical clown name 41 Concede

43 “The Persistence of Memory”

and “Lobster Telephone” 45 Start of a saying about

parental discipline

48 Ply the needle

51 Quick, possibly controversial

bit of commentary

52 Body of work

54 Warning you might give before revealing the endings of 20-, 29- and 45-Across? 57 Like some shrimp and jets 60 “Argo” or “Fargo”

61 The McCoys, e.g. 62 ___-American (like about 6%

of the U.S.) 63 Title matchmaker

in an 1815 novel 64 James or Jones of jazz 65 Junior and senior 66 Common medical advice 67 Harvest

DOWN

1 Like solving

crosswords

2 Eight-time Oscar nominee for

Best Actor

3 Action in tennis, swimming

and golf

4 Highest, on a diploma 5 Polysemous words have

multiple of these

6 Repulsive

7 Smart

8 California county north of

Marin

9 Refuses to carry out 10 They’re usually packed on St.

Patrick’s Day

11 Caught

12 “Kinda”

13 Finder’s ___

21 Common cosmetics

component 22 Subj. of Charlotte Brewer’s “Treasure-House of the Language”

25 Popular prom hairstyle

26 Apt rhyme for “blob” 27 Sleek, in auto-speak 30 Hair-raising cry

31 Bouquet thrower

32 Place to watch a game with

friends

34 Draw, colloquially

35 Prime Cuts Extra Gravy brand 36 Strip in the bedroom, maybe 38 Partner of away

39 Tripping hazard 42 Boomerangs for Aboriginal

Australians, e.g.

44 It might occur to you

46 Ring ref’s decision

47 Calfless cow

48 Slender

49 Slips

50 After-meal amenity 53 Worrier’s ailment, it’s said 55 Garnish for a gimlet 56 Classic boulevard liners 57 Noisy bird

58 Application

59 Hamm with two Olympic gold

medals