N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Departed

5 Unwavering

10 Feuding

14 Economy, for one 15 Active volcano feature 16 Chew toy alternative 17 Responsibility 18 Pie chart features 19 Go here and there 20 Why Japanese tipplers anticipate the afterlife? 23 Columbia, e.g. 24 Halfway through a stage routine 26 Power and economic development corp. started in 1933 27 Scratch 30 Page 1, 3 or 5, usually 31 Pound on some Mexican food? 34 Back talk 35 The Rolling Stones’ “___ a Rainbow” 36 Suffuse 37 Excepting 38 Brooch 39 “I didn’t know you disliked shiny fabrics!,” e.g.? 41 “And thereby hangs ___”: “As You Like It” 43 “___ longa, vita brevis” 44 Designation for U.K. vessels 45 Not forget 47 Track transaction 48 Quick trip to pick up white zinfandel and blush? 55 Strengthen 56 “Travel is ___ to prejudice, bigotry and narrowmindedness”: Twain 57 It’s a drag 58 Sports org. headquartered in Indianapolis 59 Sight in Micronesia 60 Antihero of “A Clockwork Orange” 61 Influence for Enya, historically 62 Function for a buffalo hide 63 Lacking a purpose in life

DOWN 1 Starting 2 Overindulging sort 3 France’s Côte d’___ 4 Places to study the Talmud 5 Many an insect repellent 6 Name of five Norwegian kings 7 Certain trank 8 Poker declaration 9 Something many Founding Fathers believed in 10 Wear down 11 Went to night school, maybe 12 Words meant to hurt 13 One of a group of 18 21 Emergency procedure, briefly 22 Courtly term of address 25 Emulate a 2-Down 26 1952 Bernard Malamud novel made into a hit 1984 movie 27 Start of many an Italian pizzeria name 28 Organic jewelry material 29 Libertines 31 One side of China? 32 Soul maker 33 Law of ancient times 35 It’s often rigged 37 Entirety 39 Eric’s seafaring son 40 The Goddess of Pop 42 Reach by air 46 Property of skim milk 47 Beauty in “Beauty and the Beast” 49 Compare, in a way 50 Corvette feature 51 Fit 52 Alone 53 Stretches (out) 54 Blue note? 55 Vitamin and supplement retailer