THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 One inclined to patronize a farmer’s market

9 Cetacean’s closest relative

14 Ready for a road trip, say

15 Old epic recounting wanderings

16 Ones who don’t take a seat?

17 With precision

18 Reply of feigned surprise

19 It leads to early advancement

20 Bombshell

21 Longtime Princess Royal

23 Bega with the hit “Mambo No. 5”

24 “Wrath of the Titans” antagonist

25 Region around a star “just right” for habitable planets

30 Like some jet refuelings

31 “Sometimes a Great Notion” novelist, 1964

32 Puerto Rico is on it year-round, for short

35 Little bit

36 Subject of a museum in Louisville, Ky.

38 24/7/365 facilities

39 Alternative to chinos

41 Moving like

43Down

44 Have a bawl

48 Words of confidence

49 “I knew a man Bojangles and ___ dance for you …” (1968 song lyric)

50 They’re not refined

52 Naval hero with five U.S. counties named for him

54 Asset in climbing the corp. ladder

57 Big ___ 58 Means of getting the word out?

59 When many fans come out

61 Beverage brand with three leaves in its logo

62 Used car selling point

63 Long hoops shots

64 Presenter of many listicles

DOWN

1 A baby one is

called a cria

2 Major Taiwanese export

3 House of cards?

4 Bother

5 Hop, skip or jump

6 Jazz singer whose surname came from pig Latin

7 Tolkien character

8 They’re longer than singles, briefly

9 Give attention

10 Flabbergasted

11 Appropriately named Reds legend

12 Brew named for a Czech city

13 Long, trying trips

15 Aimée of film

20 “Knock yourself out”

22 Cabinetry material

23 Rule, in Rennes

26 Possible response to “Huh-uh!”

27 Mount with the Cave of Zeus

28 September honoree

29 Potato ___

32 The discovery of penicillin, e.g.

33 Casting director?

34 Act the judge

37 Cover for someone, say

40 Bourbons, e.g.

42 Time magazine’s “scholarly Everest,” for short

43 Oil or honey

45 2009 and ’13 sci-fi role for Zoë Saldana

46 Refined

47 Boob tube

51 Bergen dummy

53 Butt end?

54 Where to look for starters 55 “Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word” singer

56 Complete

59 Play ___ (be disruptive)

60 Conservation org. with a panda logo