The New York Times Crossword

Answers below

ACROSS

1 Goes a- courting 5 Buddies

9 Off- the- cuff remark 14 Em, to Dorothy, in

“The Wizard of Oz” 15 Openly acknowledge 16 Garlic- flavored mayonnaise

17 “In ___ of flowers &” 18 Greets from across the

way, say

20 Lollygags

22 That is to say, in Latin 23 Casually browse online

26 Word before taught or

effacing

30 “Tiny” Dickens boy 31 Drop of golden sun 32 Skin care product 33 Extremes of the earth 35 Time of lament 36 Spends moolah 39 Little VW

40 Displays of huffiness 41 Fruit- filled pastries 42 Illusionist Geller 43 Modern term of endearment

46 ___ ID 47 Demonstrates some

sleight of hand 51 Should arrive any

minute now

53 Ice cream serving 54 Property along the ocean & or a hint to the starts of 18-, 23-, 36- and 47- Across 59 Dance at Jewish weddings 60 Hanukkah potato treat 61 Again 62 Shooting star, some might think 63 Lock of hair 64 ___ lily 65 Greek peak in Thessaly

DOWN

1 Financial ctr. in Manhattan

2 “Most definitely,

monsieur!”

3 Feature of a Las Vegas

“bandit”

4 Things, collectively 5 Dog’s foot

6 Director DuVernay of

“Selma”

7 The ___ Spoonful

( 1960s pop group) 8 Stockholm native 9 Companion of “oohs” 10 Low- calorie drinks 11 Ha- ha, online

12 Sick

13 Info in a Who’s Who

listing

19 Cry between “Ready”

and “Go!”

21 Leisurely walks 24 Actress Berry 25 Centers of hurricanes 27 Extremities

28 Jacob’s first wife, in

the Bible

29 Cook in oil

32 Elements of a strategy 33 “Stupid” segments on old David Letterman shows

34 “We need help!” 35 Mixes with a spoon,

say

36 Caspian and Caribbean

37 Reply in a roll call

38 E pluribus ___

39 Air- conditioning meas. 43 Needs for playing

Quidditch

44 Is gaga over 45 Madrid’s land, to

locals

47 File shareable on a PC

or Mac

48 Psychic glows

49 Sierra ___ ( African

country)

50 Sound preceding

“Gesundheit!”

52 The Beatles’ “___

Leaving Home” 54 Sandwich inits.

55 Put a ring on it! 56 Gobbled up

57 Less than zero: Abbr. 58 What it takes to tango