The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 French fashion monogram 4 Completely lose it, with “out”

9 Did the backstroke, say 13 Broke a fast 14 Boxing weight with a limit of 118 pounds 16 Trifling 17 Handing responsibility to someone else 20 Folk singer Guthrie 21 Soothing skin balm 22 Major accomplishment in baseball or horse racing

26 Sound of a diaphragm spasm 28 Adamant affirmation 29 Moe, Larry or Curly

31 More’s opposite 33 “I think …,” to texters

34 One way to deal with a pain in the neck 40 Air-conditioner measures, for short

41 Actor Jared 42 Conan of late-night TV

45 Kansas City baseball team 49 “This little piggy” 50 Two interacting communities in the home of a college

54 “There’s another good reason!” 56 Historical periods 57 New York City landmark suggested by the ends of 17-, 22-, 34and 50-Across 61 Hawaii’s _ _ _ Coast

62 One of two on a shirt

63 Suffix with Egypt or Paris 64 Online source of film facts 65 Threw a party for 66 And so on: Abbr.

DOWN

1 Threaten, as a little dog might 2 Van Gogh’s “The ___ Night” 3 Comic actress Jones, formerly of 32-Down

4 Law enforcement org. 5 Campaigned for office 6 London’s land: Abbr.

7 Rose petal fragrance 8 Mexican artist Frida

9 Urban air pollution 10 Comment while pulling into the driveway 11 Intense illumination, as in old movie projectors 12 “That doesn’t do much for me”

15 Apes cats? 18 Soaks (up) 19 Protection for an outdoor reception 23 Woman’s name that looks like Roman numerals for 51 + 51 24 River of central Germany 25 Mozart’s “___ Fan Tutte” 27 Business bigwig, for short 30 Product of Shell or Exxonmobil 32 NBC comedy show, in brief

34 When it comes down to it 35 Steadiness, as in leadership 36 Trident-shaped Greek letter 37 Trillion: Prefix 38 Lots and lots 39 Woody ___, bartender on “Cheers”

40 Program that spits out spam 43 Caesar’s rebuke to Brutus 44 Memos 46 James ___, author who won a posthumous Pulitzer 47 Country singer Morgan

48 Try to hit, as a gnat 51 Virginia who wrote “Mrs. Dalloway” 52 Free, as a bank account

53 “Bye Bye Bye” boy band

55 Open ___ (prepare to pay later)

57 Hit the slopes 58 Permit

59 “Now ___ seen everything!” 60 One of three things tried by Goldilocks