NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

no. 0407

ACROSS

1 Measure of time or airplane wings 5 Makeup of the first house in “The Three Little Pigs” 10 A tall one is exaggerated 14 Fabled race loser 15 Boxer Ali 16 Big name in skin care 17 Taiwanese PC maker 18 Fred’s neckwear on “Scooby-Doo” 19 Time long past 20 Dreaming state 23 Lavish celebration 24 Like the summer sun 25 Knights’ mounts 28 Big name in smoothies and juices 32 Beats again and again, in slang 33 “Tippy” craft 35 Relative of a paddle 36 Practical state 40 Sleeve’s contents 41 Takeaway of a fable

42 Coif that might use pins and spray 43 Classic catalog for air passengers 45 Symbol of sudden, brilliant success 47 It ends with diciembre 48 Dalai ___ 49 Crass state

57 Like dissertation defenses 58 In adulthood 59 Early stop for presidential candidates 60 Indian flatbread 61 Like unexplained house creaks, say

62 Big name in bubbly 63 Door handle 64 Televised comedy event 65 Otherwise

DOWN

1 Ousted Iranian leader 2 Duel unit 3 Researcher’s specialty 4 Comic con, e.g., stereotypically 5 Viewpoints

6 Refinement 7 Like Mr. Moneybags 8 Plant that yields a salve 9 OSHA or the F.C.C. 10 “Let’s Go Places” sloganeer 11 Felipe or Moises of major-league baseball 12 Grease for baking 13 The ___ (apt anagram for “they see”) 21 Iraq War danger, for short 22 Bring down, as a flag 25 TV viewers’ vantage points 26 Bring up the rear?

27 The Joker, to Batman 28 Student in a Contracts class, typically 29 Jeweler’s instrument 30 ___ Calrissian, member of the Rebel Alliance in “Star Wars” 31 Fire in the belly 33 Abbr. before C, F, V or X 34 Sound of insight 37 Muscat resident 38 Opposite of “from here on” 39 DeLorean license plate in “Back to the Future”

44 Fill-in-theblanks story 45 Note holder on a refrigerator 46 Big bird Down Under 48 Puppeteer Shari 49 Breakout role for Robin Williams 50 Soldering device 51 Defense alliance since 1949 52 Bygone smartphone 53 Jewish wedding dance 54 Soldering 50-Down, e.g.

55 She sheep 56 $100/night, e.g.