The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 House overhang

5 Sci. class that might have controlled explosions

9 Look at rudely

13 Holey shoe

14 Camera setting for novice photographers

15 Cartoon brother of Dewey and Louie

16 Heaven’s opposite

17 5, for the set [2, 4, 6, 8]

18 Be philanthropic

19 Not delayed

21 Crystal-filled rocks

23 Device with Rewind and Fast Forward functions

26 Aid for squeezing into a tight piece of footwear

27 Extreme point in the Arctic or Antarctic

30 World Cup cheers

31 Store sign displayed from 9 to 6, say

35 “If you ask me …,” online

36 True or false, on a true/false test

38 Promise in front of a judge

39 Unsaid yet understood

41 Have dinner at home

43 Glass frequently used for toasting the New Year

48 Two quarters

49 Wet forecast

50 Meat of the matter

51 Advice to a musician with a 23-, 26- or 43-Across?

54 Egyptian counterpart of Hades and Pluto

56 Deals from the bottom or marks cards, say

59 Lack of seriousness about a serious situation 60 “Yay!”

61 Juicy bits of info

62 Future therapist’s major, for short

DOWN

1 “HELLO … Hello … hello …” effect

2 “Well, ___ you clever?!”

3 Alessandro who invented the electric battery

4 High-level coverup?

5 Country between Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea

6 Shade of color

7 Prediction of a flight tracker app, for short

8 African mammal that’s resistant to snake venom

9 “What a terrible, awful idea!”

10 Tour leader

11 Bar used on a fulcrum

12 “Blinkers” or “peepers”

20 Passable, at best

22 Make a mistake

24 Jellied fish in some British pies

25 Enjoy, as gum

27 Marketing spiel

28 Largest city in Nebraska

29 Neighborhood spot for cheap booze

32 So-called “master gland” of the endocrine system

33 Revises, as an essay

34 Nine-person combo

36 Sports org. for Nadal and Djokovic

37 Official with a whistle

40 “Sounds good to me”

42 Capital of Africa’s largest country 44 Pretentious

45 Gift of ___

46 Zero, in a soccer result

47 Cain’s eldest son

52 Tiny faults

53 Beat decisively, informally

54 Aged

55 “Catch my drift?”

57 Tic-_ _ _-toe

58 [Excuse me, this is a library ...!]