THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Buried treasure site, maybe 5 Eagles’ band?: Abbr. 8 What confirmed bachelors avoid 14 Wet missile 16 Jay ___, onetime Obama press secretary 17 Potato? 18 Benefits 19 “Bewitched” spinoff 21 Take in, as patients 22 Major tanker port 24 Ebb tide? 26 Fled or bled 27 Not quite enough 28 Philanthropist Broad 29 Sci-fi author Stanislaw 30 Most of the symbols on a traditional slot machine 32 Willow shoot 34 Inoculation order? 38 Rotten tomato’s sound 39 Put into law 42 Org. originating the threepoint shot 45 Suffix with super 46 Neither his nor hers 48 ___ mag (Maxim or FHM) 49 “Clean out your desk!”? 52 Goes down 53 Commencement participants, for short 54 Eases 56 Like Superman and Spider-Man 58 1983 sci-fi drama … or a possible title for this puzzle 61 Actress Bynes of “She’s the Man” 62 Letterman’s favorite activity? 63 Took home 64 A, B and C, in D.C. 65 See 50-Down

DOWN

1 Suffix with sex 2 Masseuse’s workplace 3 “Pay attention!” 4 Allen who captured Fort Ticonderoga 5 Exile 6 Like the toves in “Jabberwocky” 7 E’en if 8 Signature Obama health measure, for short 9 Some microphones 10 Major League Baseball news 11 Savage 12 Go through again 13 What an anarchist rails against, with “the” 15 Pal 20 “Give it ___!” 22 Toy sound 23 Historical org. 25 Director Kazan 27 Words of welcome 31 Code letters? 32 One side of Niagara Falls: Abbr. 33 Watergate initials 35 Tough trek 36 Doo-wop group with the 1963 hit “Remember Then,” with “the” 37 Infomercial figure 40 Cool ___ 41 Scores of Vikings, for short 42 Warm blanket 43 Old galley 44 Biblical debarkation point 46 Baby 47 Aquarium fish 50 With 65Across, “Not a clue” 51 Midwest tribe 52 Snide comments 55 Humpty Dumpty, e.g. 57 Scoundrel 59 Music genre 60 Chicago-to -Houston dir.