The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Large seashell

6 “Uncle ___ Wants

You”

9 Social influence 14 Director Kurosawa 15 Uncle: Sp. 16 Reddish-brown dye

17 “This is my final offer” 20 What may have the solution to your vision problems?

21 Sign up

22 Attire for Caesar 24 Next-___ technology 25 Like something that’s

polarizing 32 Licoricelike flavoring 33 Mentions by name, in

a tweet

34 Word after “That’s

my” or “right on” 36 Opening of an article,

in journalism lingo 37 Put off until later, as a

motion

39 Lip service?

40 King Kong or Donkey

Kong

41 Forbidden action 42 Official language of

Iran

43 “Get out of the way!”

47 Bird in a barn

48 Tip (over)

49 D.C. mayor Muriel 52 Not-quite-in-shape

male physiques 57 Having no middle ground between success and failure 59 Country singer Steve 60 Try to win over romantically

61 German river to the

North Sea

62 Material for Cinderella’s slipper

63 “On the Basis of ___” (film about Ruth Bader Ginsburg)

64 Like some hills and

prices

DOWN

1 Actress Blanchett 2 “Sure, why not” 3 Brand with a swoosh

logo

4 Good reputation, in

slang

5 Ponytail necessity 6 Halting, as rush-hour

traffic

7 Put on TV

8 Small mammal that lives mostly underground

9 Homes in the Alps 10 Adam ___, longtime panelist on “The Voice”

11 Half of the digits in

binary code

12 Cubit or karat

13 Pic that might use

16-Across

18 Play a trumpet, e.g. 19 Command to the helmsman from Jeanluc Picard 23 Purchase at the Met

museum, maybe

25 In ___ land 26 Time in New York when it’s noon in Chicago

27 Feature introduced to

the iphone in 2009 28 Opposite of WNW 29 Rogue computer in “2001: A Space Odyssey”

30 “You have my sympathy”

31 Former Hawaii representative Gabbard 35 Send off, as rays

37 W.C.

38 Tiny builder of tunnels

and hills

39 Some college grads,

for short

41 Hit 2012 musical

about paperboys 42 Documents, Downloads, Desktop, etc. 44 A, E, I, O, U & and

sometimes Y

45 Big name in DVD rental kiosks

46 Titular Shakespearean

king

49 Biblical false god 50 Vegetable used to

thicken stews 51 Counterpart of columns

53 Thai currency

54 1930s migrant

55 Have a nice meal 56 Any rung on a ladder

57 Actress Ryan

58 ___ v. Wade