n.Y. times crossword

ACROSS

1 Something sticking out of Frankenstein’s neck 5 Voting coalition 9 Belittle 14 Classic Langston Hughes poem 15 “___ Land” (2016 Best Picture nominee) 16 French author who said “An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself” 17 Alabama senator Jones 18 Home to Zion National Park 19 Walk with heavy steps 20 adj. under the influence of a drug 23 Long, boring task 24 ___-blogging 25 adv. across a barrier or intervening space 30 Singer DiFranco 31 Smoked salmon 32 Bonus 34 “Can I get a hand here?!” 36 Like William Henry Harrison, among U.S. presidents 39 Crowd favorite not getting nominated for an Oscar, e.g. 40 Cough drop brand 42 Apply carelessly, as paint 44 Fresh ___ daisy 45 n. spirit, animation 49 Heading with check boxes below it 50 Main part of a selfie 51 Ones who produced the clues for 20-, 25- and 45-Across 57 Sports center 58 Big name in in-flight internet 59 “About ___” (2002 movie) 61 Enliven 62 Midmonth date 63 Target of splicing 64 Emails that tell you you’ve won the lottery, e.g. 65 Fit one inside the other 66 Energy units

DOWN

1 Creation of an Olympic city hopeful 2 “Then again …,” in texts 3 Birthplace of Muhammad Ali 4 Switch between windows, e.g. 5 Beat badly 6 Behind schedule 7 “Frozen” snowman 8 U.S. marshal role for John Wayne 9 Brand of probiotic yogurt 10 Makes the rounds? 11 Mine: Fr. 12 Battle of the bulges? 13 FS1 competitor 21 Sound that signifies the end of a basketball game 22 Actress Vardalos 25 When “S.N.L.” ends on the East Coast 26 Louis ___, French king who was guillotined 27 Consumer giant that makes Bounty, for short Today’s Solution 28 “Cimarron” novelist 29 Extinguish 30 “That hits the spot!” 33 LeBron James’s org. 35 Credit card designation 37 Confucian path 38 Popular leftleaning news site 41 Nestlé candy popular at movie houses 43 Humdrum 46 Veiled oath? 47 Bean 48 Mammoth time period 51 Delays 52 Viking explorer 53 “Hercules” spinoff 54 Went by motorcycle, say 55 Census data 56 iTunes download 60 “Suh-weet!”