N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Thpeak like thith 5 Word before cow or crop 9 Mental mistake 14 Dog food brand 15 European capital on a fjord 16 Lady friend in Italy 17 Sound of a high-five 18 No longer worth discussing 19 Laughs heartily 20 Bracketed word in a quote 21 Fashionable shopping area in New York City 23 “Just a moment” 25 Big shot 26 Goal of one doing crunches 30 Lee with the 2011 #1 album “Mission Bell” 32 Symphony that premiered 4/7/1805 33 Battery type 34 Barbecue side dish 37 From 15-Across 39 Pitch-black 40 Family 41 Moist towelette 43 Believers: Suffix 45 “End of discussion” 49 New York county bordering Pennsylvania 51 First-aid kit supply 52 Where to purchase the starts of 21-, 26- and 45-Across 56 Dawson who played in Super Bowl I 57 45-Down from Japan 58 ___ Blair, George Orwell’s real name 59 Work hard for 60 Ugly weather 61 What indicates everything that’s left? 62 Like French toast 63 Does a sheepdog’s job 64 Missing part of the Great Sphinx of Giza 65 Florida ___

Down

1 Gets in the loop? 2 “Fighting” Big Ten team 3 Privatesector rocket launcher 4 Champagne opening sound 5 Yearly gathering for superhero fans 6 Beginning on 7 Opening for a coin 8 Ice planet in “The Empire Strikes Back” 9 Grub vis-àvis a beetle 10 Blob that divides 11 1974 hit that begins “It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday” 12 Lowgrowing tree often in dense thickets 13 Simplicity 21 Phobia 22 Ques. counterpart 24 Expel, as lava 27 Great Plains tribe 28 There are about 14,500 in Manhattan 29 Moisten, as meat 31 Second word of “The StarSpangled Banner” 34 Go for a run? 35 “21 Pictures That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity,” e.g. 36 One shopping for old curios 38 Surround 39 Device that can be linked to an auto stereo 42 Ingredient in some shaving creams 44 Went bad, as milk 45 See 57-Across 46 Livestock feed 47 Part of E = mc2 48 IHOP competitor 50 Their hair makes cashmere 52 Respond angrily, with “out” 53 Hanging on by a thread? 54 “Jeopardy!” contestants, e.g. 55 Lubricates 59 Exclamation while jumping on a chair, say