NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Go on a little too long
5 Central Italian river
9 Letters on a bottle at the beach 12 Symbol gotten by typing Ctrl+Alt+E, in Microsoft Word
13 Goes high
15 Cameo role at the end of “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”
16 “How do you ___?”
17 Possible result of spilling grape juice on a map of the Middle East?
19 Pet with a dewlap and a beret? 21 Public relations pivot 24 Shakespeare title word
25 “___ favor”
26 “Jeopardy!” boardful 27 Bronze-ish
29 Just in case
30 Blue Angels performances
32 Year that Michelangelo started “David” 34 Pantheon list?
37 Toast option
38 “Love & Basketball” co-star, 2000 41 Thespian’s quest
44 Branch
45 That is to say
46 Copy
47 Start of many a chain email
49 Erode
51 Guard the 2001 N.B.A. M.V.P.? 54 Trailblazer’s declaration … or a hint to 17-, 19-, 34- and 51-Across
55 Wait in a strategic location, in video game lingo
59 Promote shamelessly
60 Less welcoming
61 “___ Sings Gershwin” (1950 jazz album)
62 Direction to which a pointer may point 63 Prefix meaning “internal” 64 Barbecue dish
DOWN
1 “___ Comedy Jam”
2 Way through une ville
3 Word between “facts” and “facts” 4 Many a Trump property
5 Wood that doesn’t burn easily 6 Another go
7 Drug cop
8 Dogie, e.g.
9 Mexican shawl
10 Challenges for movers
11 Some derivative drawings 14 Declined 15 Emmy-nominated Lucy 18 Bigheadedness
20 In haste
21 Record label for Usher, Pitbull and Pink
22 2010 title role for Denzel Washington 23 “Hamilton” duelist 28 Regarding
29 One who might get down to Alabama? 31 Sporting chant
32 ___ Nashville (major country label) 33 Cool Ranch chip
35 Heavily engaged (in)
36 Erupt
39 Anti-bullying ad, e.g., for short 40 Piggery
41 Appease
42 Renowned Harlem venue
43 Maker of Almay cosmetics
44 Tips, e.g.
47 Back to?
48 Service symbolized by a dot and three curved lines
50 Space science, for short
52 Cobb salad ingredient 53 Consumer advocate Brockovich 56 “Moonlight” star Mahershala
57 Org. with Card games
58 Faux ___