N.Y. T I MES C RO S S WORD

ACROSS

1 Some pricey undergarments 11 Beach patrol conveyances, for short

15 When “the arms I long for will open wide,” in a 1963 top 5 hit 16 “Brace yourselves!” 17 Item requiring special handling on planes

18 Place that may have your number 19 Historic aircraft inits. 20 Sticky pad? 21 Something hanging near Christmas lights, maybe

23 Org. concerned with broadband access

24 Pirates’ terms of address

26 Word derived from the Egyptian for “great house” 30 Nose-in-theair

31 Cartoon character with a noted football prank

32 Orangebrown hue 34 Kvetches 36 A.T.M. input: Abbr.

37 “E-Z” or “xtra”

39 T as in telegraph? 40 Larva of a dragonfly, named after Greek myth

42 Alpine lake 43 Athlete who once served as his country’s Extraordinary Minister for Sport 44 Routine

46 Walks along the boardwalk, say

48 Guard

50 Sauce ingredient in a Londoner’s “pie and mash”

51 Hoops star during the N.B.A.A.B.A. merger 52 Singer/ dancer/ actress Falana 54 Terminus for some BART riders 57 ___ Fronteras (area where Brazil, Peru and Colombia meet)

58 Green

61 Fraud, for example 62 Annual New Year’s Day event

63 Planets, e.g. 64 Elton John and Lady Gaga, for two

DOWN

1 Concessions 2 Fashion designer Di Santo 3 Neighbor of a Belarusian 4 Inits. on a bucket of food

5 “The Taming of the Shrew” role 6 Published 7 Many college students of the 1980s-’90s, informally

8 Wharton, for one

9 Issa of comedy

10 For whom Homs might be home

11 One for the books? 12 South Carolina college 13 Setter’s activity 14 Backs (away)

22 Stew vessel

23 Really overdo the sunbathing 25 Chemical compounds in bubble gum

26 “Here’s the ___”

27 What robots might be used to reduce 28 Spring or fall, e.g.

29 Swindle 33 Cryotherapy setting

35 “___ the Man” (2006 film inspired by “Twelfth Night”)

37 Post master? 38 Quick buck, say

41 See 54-Down 43 Party person 45 Gets hot 47 “Morning in America” campaigner 48 Scrap 49 Literature Nobelist Mario Vargas ___

53 Man’s name that becomes a toy when its first letter is moved to the end

54 With 41-Down, swindlers 55 Hairstyle that’s short on the sides 56 Chorus for picadores 59 Hotel room extra

60 Good Friday Agreement grp.