NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Rafael on the tennis court 6 Mineral easily split into layers 10 Reached base feet-first 14 Michelle who wrote “Becoming” 15 Gem found in the Outback 16 Daly with a Tony for “Gypsy” 17 Like the ocean and most potato chips 18 Pianist Cliburn plays basketball defense? 20 Building extension 21 Spoken 23 Garb
24 TV host Behar takes mass transit? 26 Trash-loving grouch of children’s TV 27 They bring tears to chefs’ eyes 28 Young seal 30 “___ Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” 31 Unstraighten, as a wire 32 Illinois city on the Illinois River 35 Actress Rogers flips out? 39 “That’s enough!” 40 Kelly seen live in the morning 43 Hair goop 46 Martial arts level 47 Damsel 49 Battle site where Davy Crockett died
51 Singer Dylan has fun in the snow? 53 Change somewhat 55 “It’s a shame …”
56 Bit of legislation 57 Businessman Gates gets out of the poker game? 59 Zola who wrote “J’Accuse …!” 61 “So that’s how it is”
62 Fury 63 Printer powder 64 “___ of the d’Urbervilles” 65 Perfect world 66 Watermelon throwaways
DOWN
1 Rhinoplasty, informally
2 Mollusk with an iridescent inner shell 3 Wasting time 4 Quantity: Abbr. 5 Stores for future use 6 Date night staple 7 Apple tablets 8 Soup container 9 Bit of seaweed 10 Game recap figures 11 Words to songs 12 Dressed like RuPaul 13 Gobi or Mojave 19 Perfect world 22 Muchanticipated parts of Super Bowl broadcasts 25 “The Kiss” sculptor
28 Get in place for the camera 29 Large coffee vessel 32 Lowly laborer 33 Muff one 34 Month of many unhappy returns? 36 Fall asleep while watching TV, perhaps 37 “Today” show rival, for short 38 Spot for a football coach 41 Went by bicycle 42 a), b), c) and d), on a multiplechoice test 43 Stratagem 44 Fictional 6-year-old at the Plaza Hotel
45 Soup-serving utensils 47 Entrepreneur’s deg. 48 Listings in a calculation of one’s net worth 50 “And ___ to go before I sleep”: Robert Frost 51 Award earned by a scout 52 Elizabeth of the “Avengers” series 54 Time long gone
58 Boy in knickers, perhaps 60 Bartender on “The Simpsons”