The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS 1 Like the path of a lob

6 Stand the test of time 10 Newspaper opinion piece 14 Instrument in a string quartet 15 French peak 16 “___, far, wherever you are” (Celine Dion lyric) 17 Applies sloppily, as paint

18 Data graphics with wedges 20 Egyptian queen, for short 21 Stuck ashore, as a whale

22 Cries loudly

24 Air traffic control equipment 28 Dirty dozen? 31 Do surgery 33 Skips over, as a spoken syllable 34 India’s smallest state 35 Ambulance specialists, in brief 36 Hot springs resort 37 Sent by UPS, e.g. 40 Baseball’s ___ Wee Reese 41 Light white powder

43 “… spoon ___ fork?” 44 Existing in hidden form 46 Spotted wildcats of the South American jungle

48 Nuts used to make marzipan 49 Crumple into a ball 50 Princess played by Emma Corrin on “The Crown” 51 Ramadan observers

54 Fill to capacity 58 Garments similar to rompers … with a hint to the shaded squares in this puzzle 61 Three-point riving maneuver 62 “Ah, that makes sense now” 63 Fiction’s opposite 64 Malodorous 65 Kings of Leon or Queens of the Stone Age

66 “If you ask me ...,” online 67 Farmer’s harvests DOWN 1 Electrical adapter letters 2 Authentic 3 You’re reading one right now 4 Nudged

5 ___ and don’ts 6 Big flaps in the fashion industry? 7 Assumed name 8 Blueprint detail 9 Silicon Valley field 10 How you might walk through the graveyard at night 11 The “p” of m.p.g.

12 Have for lunch 13 Stethoscope users: Abbr. 19 “Present!” 21 V.I.P.

23 Middle _ _ _ (time before the Renaissance) 25 Make slightly wet 26 Go to an event 27 Adjusts, as a clock 28 Confer (upon) 29 Andean herd animal

30 Used a rotary phone

31 Alley _ _ _ (basketball play) 32 Spanish rice dishes

34 4.0 is a great one, for short

38 Org. that won’t call to demand payments, despite what its impostors would have you believe

39 “Shucks!,” only stronger

42 In a mass 45 Appliance on a kitchen counter 47 Numbered musical work

48 Hopes one will 50 Get rid of, informally 52 Believer in Islamic mysticism 53 Actor Neeson 55 Lead-in to correct or tune 56 Excursion 57 Finishes 58 Triangular sail 59 Land between Can. and Mex. 60 All vice presidents before Harris 61 Colonel Sanders’s chain