The New York Times Crossword

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, straight-sided 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 57Across

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