The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across 1 They’ll help you out 17 Riviera hot spot 18 Provider of an

A in English? 19 Literally, “fool” 20 Locales for many schools 21 Brit in the news 22 Things going to

your head? 24 Surrey carriage 27 Give to a bank,

maybe 30 Cutthroat 35 Reason for

some recalls 36 “A thousand times good night!” speaker 37 Indefinite power 38 Tangy dessert 41 “___ Meninas” ( Velázquez painting) 42 Faux fireplace

feature 43 Orwellian

drudge 44 Phencyclidine,

colloquially 46 Notepad user 47 Refuse

at a bar 48 Transparent

piece 49 Ratchet ( up) 52 “Coming to America” role 55 White- haired 58 Many an extreme athlete 63 Unit in population statistics 64 Simple

Down 1 Lifesavers, briefly 2 Westminster district 3 Big tech review site 4 @@ @ 5 Bench press target, informally 6 Relative of

euchre 7 Stud finders? 8 First name in mystery 9 Start of a score 10 Steam source 11 ___ tear ( knee

injury) 12 Dunsinane

disavowal 13 Connecting

strips 14 The “s” of

Lasik 15 Memory: Prefix 16 Cross 22 Saintly presence 23 All excited 25 Nicolas who directed “The Man Who Fell to Earth” 26 Not just consider 27 Street in

Hollywood 28 Body resting in

bed? 29 Noodle request 30 Rolls up 31 Female George 32 Stoned 33 Valuable 34 Transparent 36 Youngest of a

baseball trio 39 Took home 40 Crossword designer? 45 First name in mystery 46 Preserves

preserver 48 Calvin of the

P. G. A. 49 Woman in a hard- boiled detective story 50 Noodle product 51 Newspaper

section 53 Ceramist’s

need 54 Lady in “Idylls

of the King” 55 Stew thickener 56 Property

restriction 57 No longer

working 59 “___ cool!” 60 V- mail overseer 61 Little ___ 62 ___ Holman, early basketball great