The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across 1 Late, as a library book 8 Sound of an excited heart 15 “-” marks 16 Furious 17 Surplus’s

opposite 18 Bring up,

as a subject 19 Forget-me-___ 20 Ruler on a

golf course? 21 Yank 24 Floppy feature of a basset hound 26 “My country,

___ of thee” 27 Morales of

“NYPD Blue” 28 In favor of 30 Mushroom cloud creator, briefly 34 Scrape,

as a knee 35 Songwriter

Berlin 37 “___ pasa?” 38 Little bell sound 39 Electron

tube 40 Be furious 41 Rock music

genre 42 Heart-shaped item on a chain, say 43 Genie’s

home 44 Last movement

of a sonata 46 Tire filler 47 Stick ___ in the water 48 Atlantic food fish 50 Foreign policy

grp. 52 Hawaii’s

state bird 53 Ruler in a vegetable garden? 56 Comic strip cry 58 Folded Mexican

dish 59 Element used to make semiconductors 63 Not

recognizable by 64 Raw material

for a steel mill 65 Figure with

14-Down sides 66 Rainbow

mnemonic

Down 1 Advanced deg. 2 Sailor’s

affirmative 3 Beach lotion

letters 4 Ruler after

a diet? 5 Art ___ (1920s-’30s movement) 6 Join 7 Superlative

suffix 8 Fine cotton 9 Like krypton 10 Ruler on

a beach? 11 Easel user 12 Ache 13 Bug-eyed 14 Number of sides in a 65-Across 20 Ruler in a

Utah city? 21 Court

clown 22 Igloo builder 23 Spoil, as

a parade 25 Zimbabwe’s

continent 29 Passengers 31 Consider

the same 32 Order to come 33 Cone-shaped

shelter 35 Bachelor’s

last words 36 Badminton

court divider 40 Ruler with custard desserts? 42 Ruler in

a W.C.? 45 Where many fed. employees live 49 “Me too” 51 Egypt’s capital 53 Whine 54 Guitarist

Clapton 55 Midday 57 Fill to excess 58 Rotten 59 Madam’s

mate 60 Corn on

the ___ 61 “… ___ quit!” 62 Las Vegas’s

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