NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Knickers wearer, maybe 4 Heavenly beings 10 Like the anagramming of A DECIMAL POINT to make I’M A DOT IN PLACE 13 Prefix with cycle or cellular 14 Ingredients in gorp

16 Big fib 17 View off the coast of Miami 19 Bruce of “Enter the Dragon” and “Fist of Fury” 20 A lot of it is spam 21 Yang’s partner

22 ___ Claus 23 Coffee, informally 24 One who helps you hit just the right note 28 Prefix with laryngology 29 Kind of bean mentioned memorably in “The Silence of the Lambs” 30 Egyptian queen, for short 31 Puzzle 33 Bidding 35 Patron of sailors 37 Secures, as a climber’s rope 40 Impersonates 44 Blue hue 45 Tears

46 Boeuf ___ bourguignonne 47 Science fiction hero of the 25th century 51 Street ___ 52 Talk, talk, talk 53 Santa ___ winds 54 Number under a line 55 High hit to the outfield 56 Go their separate ways … or a description of 17-, 24-, 35- or 47-Across? 60 Drive-thru convenience, perhaps 61 First half of an LP

62 Oui’s opposite 63 Tip of a shoe

64 Washington airport name 65 “No more seats” sign

DOWN

1 Order at an auto shop

2 Give life to 3 Deny any responsibility for

4 ___ Sea (vanishing body of water) 5 “No” vote 6 ___ rummy 7 Common language suffix 8 Neighbor of Tunisia 9 Escargot 10 Like Wabash College and HampdenSydney

College, unusually 11 Pokes through 12 First stroke 15 Match up, as a phone with a computer 18 Spy org. 24 “Quo ___?” 25 Kiln, e.g. 26 Attachment to a rope to make a tree swing

27 Pro golfer Lorena 29 Whip 32 Chris with the 1991 hit “Wicked Game” 33 Spots on a radar screen 34 Some workers on standby, for short 36 Mideast ruler

37 Cute pudginess in a toddler

38 On a par with 39 “Oh joy, I drew the short straw again” 41 Plaid designs 42 The Beatles’ “___ Rigby” 43 Response to “Did you win the lottery?” 48 Songs by Lil Wayne, Lil Yachty or Lil Uzi Vert 49 Broadcasting 50 “En ___!” 51 Ticket issuer 54 Al Capone chasers, informally 57 Oolong, for one

58 Gear tooth 59 Go out ___ limb