The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Directive for the board
10 No big shot 13 Popular pubs for college grads 15 Finger-point? 16 Footwear with a sturdy toe 17 Something about you
18 “Suitable for all ages” rating 19 Non-beef steak option
20 Pass quickly
22 Spots
24 Young point of one’s life
27 Some damning legal evidence 30 Enter gradually 33 With 53-Down, article of closefitting attire
34 State that many are in when they visit a national park
35 Chairs, for instance 37 Condition treated in speech therapy 40 Neighbor of the patellar tendon, in brief
41 ___ gun (sci-fi weapon)
43 Gives a rude awakening
44 “Until next time!” 48 Fatal attraction?
49 “Need a ___?” 53 Octave follower in a Petrarchan sonnet
54 Many a prof 56 “Springtime With ___” (2004 Disney adaptation) 57 Quaint word whose syllables rhyme with consecutive numbers
58 Staying vigilant 62 Logo, often
63 Sign to turn back 64 Top _ _ _ 65 Something wonderful, with “the”
DOWN
1 Flits
2 Fruit popular in salads, but not fruit salads
3 Light encouragement 4 “Just stop talking!”
5 Home to Sicily’s Castello di Lombardia 6 “Ni-i-ice!” 7 Alternative to Lunesta or Quviviq 8 “Saint” elsewhere 9 Self-care essential?
10 It’s played with a few strings
11 Art of cutting cards?
12 Move left … right … left … right … 14 Ones spreading the gospel through rap music or graffiti
15 Big export of Ecuador and Nigeria
21 Story line
23 Went quickly
25 Start of many colonial titles 26 Actress de Matteo of “The Sopranos” 28 Go quickly
29 Mares, e.g.
30 Valley where David fought Goliath 31 Characteristic of a wild time or a coming decline 32 Onetime capital of the sovereign Republic of Texas
36 Santa’s coat? 38 Sugar substitute? 39 Novelist Jean 42 “O fairest beauty, do not fear ___ fly!”: “Henry VI, Part I”
45 Shirley of “Goldfinger”
46 Had a date, maybe 47 Pal of Scooby-Doo 50 Dunne of classic screwball comedies
51 Might
52 “Yeah, def”
53 See 33-Across
55 Like some humor and chocolate 59 Noggin
60 Three-way intersection 61 Company connection inits.