N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Building material for the first little pig 6 Some bank offerings, for short 9 ___ and cheese 12 Swim meet coverage? 13 Nancy who solves mysteries 14 Words said at the altar 15 President’s plane 17 ___-Mex 18 Roadside stops 19 Wrestling for 400pounders 20 Rod-shaped bacterium 22 Broadway’s “___ Miz” 23 Cry before “You’re out!” 25 Dorm figs. 26 Actor Hemsworth of “The Hunger Games” 27 Material for a tightfitting glove 30 “Up top!” 35 Landed, as on a branch 36 Actions on the dance floor 37 “Mmmhmm, mmm-hmm” 38 Conclusion of a close World Series 40 Photographer Adams 41 Flair 42 Brand of sheepskin boots 43 Ecstatic 48 He-sheep 51 Beauty’s partner, with “the” 52 Charged particles 53 Martial art that’s an Olympic sport 54 Big feature on a donkey 55 Miscellany … or a description of the final words in 15-, 23-, 30-, 38- and 43-Across 58 Since Jan. 1 59 Word repeated in “It’s ___, all ___!” 60 Tax cheats’ fears 61 “Hel-l-lp!” 62 Suffix with differ 63 Insurance company with a lizard mascot

DOWN

1 Backbone 2 Shore birds 3 Officials crying “Offside” and “Pass interference” 4 Commotion 5 Opposite of bests 6 No-good thief 7 Lair 8 Hon 9 Sometimes good, sometimes bad 10 “Hello” singer of 2015 11 Gumption 12 Take a yacht out 13 Singer Lovato 16 Scoundrel 21 Rubbing the wrong way? 23 “Wailing” instrument 24 Stately shade trees 25 Gives a new account of 27 Annoying feature of an online stream 28 In the manner of 29 Means of tracking workers’ hours 30 www.healthcare.___ 31 “Now ___ seen it all!” 32 Restroom sign 33 Flying geese formation 34 Sea slitherer 36 It’s fixed for a prix fixe meal 39 Príncipe’s sister island 40 6 or so, for first graders 42 Release from being caught on a nail, say 43 Adheres to, as a rule 44 Oldfashioned “Awesome!” 45 “I ___ see that coming!” 46 What smells 47 Pigs ___ blanket 48 Like some ancient characters 49 Embellish 50 What rolling stones don’t gather 53 Force-ful characters? 56 Cacophony 57 Like some library books and babies