The New York Times

No. 0216

ACROSS

1 Supremely cool person 7 Prime Cuts dog food brand 11 Do something 14 “Game of Thrones” actress Clarke 15 Shape, as clay 16 What truth is said to be the first casualty of 17 Stop before it can grow bigger 19 Ernst & Young employee, in brief 20 Martini’s lemon twist, e.g. 21 Greek god pictured with wings and a bow 22 “Famous” cookie name

23 Most arias 25 Chicken stock, e.g. 26 British fashion designer who’s the daughter of Linda and Sir Paul 32 Something a Eur. singer might embark on 33 Foretell

34 “I haven’t a clue!” 36 Club Med and others 40 Where G.I.s go to shop

42 “Um, I guess so”

43 Very rarely 47 Bête ___ (bugaboo) 48 Feedbag fill 49 ___ Storm and the Hurricanes (Ringo’s band before the Beatles)

50 Skirt down to the ankles

52 Not the brightest bulb in the pack 56 Nelson Mandela’s org.

57 Long, straightsided smoke 60 Brooks who directed “Blazing Saddles” 61 Gathering clouds, to some

62 “I’ll have a cold one, please” … or a hint to 17-, 26-, 43- and 57-Across 63 Lead-in to calculus 64 Acid’s opposite 65 Acquire

DOWN

1 Luxury car nickname 2 Friend in France 3 Some dance moves or stock market events 4 Landed

5 Sloth or envy, it’s said 6 Plopped down 7 “Sweet land of liberty,” in song 8 Timber wolf 9 It makes an “A” even better 10 Peculiar 11 “Pretty, pretty please” 12 Truman who wrote “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” 13 Disreputable 18 Captain’s position 22 Atelier

23 Drink that can cause brain freeze 24 Some crew team members

25 Items often used in front of mirrors 26 Hoagie 27 Literary monogram 28 Airplane capt.’s announcement 29 Mega Millions, for one 30 Mean-tempered mutt

31 Grow too old, as for an insurance benefit

35 Org. that monitors air quality 37 Onetime rival of MGM 38 Chinese “way” 39 Listing in Roget: Abbr. 41 Popular video game console released in 2013

43 Entrance to an interstate 44 Lunchtime tryst 45 Orbit 46 Reclined 50 Place to see a Kandinsky or Calder 51 Symbol of militarism 52 Per ___ (daily) 53 Figure that might give a child nightmares 54 Symbol of gentleness 55 Deuce topper 57 Corn throwaway 58 Easy as ___ 59 Corp. head