The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across 1 Actress Ward 5 Church bell

location 10 Shade at the

swimming pool 14 Skating competition entry, maybe 15 Barkin of “The

Big Easy” 16 Void 17 *Chilled appetizer or dessert 19 Actress

Lollobrigida 20 Port of Algeria 21 Like one side of

Mount Everest 23 State that borders Bangladesh 25 Comic strip

makeup 26 Brand in a bowl 27 Sponsorship:

Var. 29 Illustrious 32 Baseball great

Hodges 33 Foot specialist? 34 Its capital is

Pristina 35 Geisha’s sash 36 *Billboard

listing 38 He’s a real doll 39 Holy Communion, e.g. 41 Very, in Vichy 42 Temper 43 Grps. 44 Part of a planet 45 Pay (up) 46 Ruin, as a dog

might shoes 48 Stoners’

purchases 50 Reasons for some street closures 52 One being strung along? 53 Dentist’s instruction 54 Longtime Prego slogan … with a hint to the answers to the five starred clues 59 Safe-deposit box item, maybe 60 Surface anew,

in a way 61 Yellow sub? 62 Payroll IDs 63 Bottom of the

barrel 64 Something

to match Down 1 Tanning lotion

letters 2 Canal zone? 3 Actress Lucy 4 Bach

composition 5 Ingredient in much Asian cooking 6 ___ B 7 Feeling fluish,

say 8 Rodeo ropes 9 Culminate

with 10 Frank McCourt’s “___ Ashes” 11 *Kick the habit,

say 12 Forearm bone 13 Ex-Fed head

Greenspan 18 Part of a

chorus line? 22 Obscures 23 Excuses,

excuses 24 *Feature of many a TV interview 25 *Time to

retire? 26 Ancient

market 28 Follow 30 Turns inside

out 31 Gifted

person? 33 Gradually introduced, with “in” 34 Leg

strengtheners 37 Canadian-born

hockey great 40 Lets go of 44 Big name at

Little Bighorn 45 “You said it!” 47 Remarkable, as

a coincidence 49 Bran name? 50 Acacia features 51 Copiers 52 Bookstore sect. 55 Seattle-to-L.A. direction 56 Yalie 57 Part of AARP:

Abbr. 58 Canon

camera