NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Salted part of a margarita glass 4 Wolf (down) 9 Clamp on a stringed instrument

13 Be in the red

14 Sorry sort

15 Said aloud

16 Droop

17 With 55-Across, modern principle of start-ups

19 Holding account for a down payment, say

21 Tolkien tree creature

22 ___ Thermopolis, Anne Hathaway’s role in “The Princess Diaries”

23 Host’s farewell phrase 27 Multitasker’s browserful 28 Helpful connections 29 ___ the Riveter, W.W. II icon

30 Brouhaha

31 Shoe part that may develop holes 33 Reddit Q&A session 34 TV political drama known for its “walk and talks” 38 Epitome of slipperiness 39 Typical high schooler

40 Female sheep 43 Faith of Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib

46 Go on the ___ (flee) 47 Pantyhose

annoyance 48 “Never would have

guessed it!” 52 Grabbed a chair 53 Openly gay

54 Make harmonious 55 See 17-Across … or a hint to 23-, 34- and 48-Across

59 Glum

60 “If it ___ broke, don’t

fix it”

61 “Normal People”

author Sally 62 Impetus behind

bragging 63 Mediterranean fruit 64 British bottoms 65 Anderson Cooper,

to Gloria Vanderbilt

DOWN

1 ___ Stone (British Museum attraction) 2 “They got me!” 3 “The Princess Diaries” author 4 Puts in the overhead bin, say 5 Thanksgiving mo. 6 Chemical ending 7 Directs, as to a specialist

8 Swiss currency 9 Cause for an extra charge at a hotel 10 One of the Three Musketeers

11 Italian pressed sandwich

12 “Ripe” time of one’s life

14 All over the place 18 Enter with hostility 20 E.R. staffers

24 Tend to, as taxes or fingernails

25 What a budget motel might have 26 Complain

31 “Looks fine to me” 32 Bird in Tootsie Pop commercials since 1970

33 Feeling of astonishment 35 Warmth

36 Mall Santa, e.g. 37 Brainiacs

41 “Should we bounce?” 42 Goaded

43 “Oh, not good at all”

44 “The way,” in Arabic 45 Like variables that are not directly observed

46 Lex of “Superman” 47 Concorde, e.g., in brief

49 Kama ___

50 Shows explosive anger

51 ___-bitsy

56 Supped

57 iphone platform 58 Opposite of SSW