The New York Times Crossword

Answers below

ACROSS

1 90° from norte

5 Bit in Bartlett’s 10 Dogs’ “dogs”

14 Start of a description of a nursery rhyme spider

15 Remove from a U.P.S.

package, maybe 16 Periods in history

17 Classic martini garnish 19 Laura of 2017’s “Twin

Peaks”

20 Reason to get gussied

up

21 Rapper with the line “I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man”

22 “Conan” channel 23 Locale for baccarat or

roulette

28 “Gimme a break!” 30 Nosh

31 Game with Skip cards 32 Mauna ___ 34 Barbecue residue

35 Unlike Eton College 36 Daytona International

Speedway, for one 39 Company originally

called Auctionweb 41 1989 play about Ca

pote

42 Bird in Liberty Mutual

ads

43 Huge amount

44 Big entree from the

oven

46 English town known

for its (salt 50 Philharmonic’s home

53 Outrage

54 Reminder to arrive

with good spirits? 55 Gymnast Aly (with three Olympic gold medals

57 PC alternatives 58 “Awful!” & or a hint to the common element of 17-, 23-, 36-and 50-Across

61 Worship leader 62 Capital near Casablan

ca

63 Guinness of film 64 Some G.I. attire

65 Crystal Castles console 66 Work well together

DOWN

1 Fourscore

2 Flashing light 3 Tropical African fly 4 Sized up

5 Target percentage 6 “Wait, what if &” 7 Kimono sash

8 “Mazel ___!”

9 PC file name extension 10 Brake or accelerator 11 Words of (concern 12 Combat area

13 Govt.- issued ID 18 Cheesy restaurant

order

21 D.D.E. follower

24 Hurriedly 25 Cartoonist who creat

ed the G.O.P. elephant 26 Earthy pigment 27 Word after hot or

lightning

29 Vanquish, as a dragon 33 Person in a cast 35 Certain bra spec 36 Home-monitoring

device

37 “I smell ___” (words

of suspicion)

38 Title heroine of a 2001

French film

39 List- shortening abbr. 40 Four-footed resident of the White House from 2009-17

44 Yank’s opponent 45 Calculus, in dentistry 47 “Snug as a bug in a

rug,” e.g.

48 Speaks grandly 49 Person of integrity 51 First name of Kramer

on “Seinfeld” 52 Christine of “The

Blacklist”

56 Target of a filter 57 Source of unwanted

feedback?

58 Savings plan inits.

59 Bit of ink

60 Lender to a mom-and

pop shop: Abbr.