The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across 1 Related thing 5 Shrink-wrap,
e.g. 11 High no. for a
green car 14 Grp. that interrogated Alger Hiss 15 Home of minor-league baseball’s Chihuahuas 16 Cause of
cursing 17 Lead-in to a
conclusion 18 Passing scores? 19 Die, across the Rhine 20 Out-of-this-world settlement? 22 Black out 24 Coveted medalla material 25 Washington’s
capital? 26 Finnish-based tech giant 27 Travel mag advertiser 29 Julio is one 32 Throw in the
towel 33 Uncharacteristic quiet spell 37 Get engaged, in
slang 38 Shooter’s
bagful 39 Female snakes 40 Mama Rose in
“Gypsy,” e.g. 41 Opposite of
hamper 42 Asian city with an airport on an artificial island 46 1963 Best Actress nominee for “The L-Shaped Room” 48 One of a reconciling pair painted by Rubens 51 Western U.S. capital, to locals 52 Photographer’s
support staff 54 Foam figures? 56 Sun Devil rival 57 Old-school
rapper? 59 Foretoken 60 New title after a
union 61 Spelling bee requests 62 Prefix with bacteria 63 Lush 64 Up-to-the-minute 65 Wet blanket?
Down 1 Group with
many hits 2 Lights on top
of a pole? 3 Common pool design 4 Field of productivity, briefly 5 Cab,
customarily 6 Noted 19thcentury bagatelle dedicatee 7 Statement of
political hubris 8 Streaming
annoyance 9 Target of an
intervention 10 Polish city north of Breslau 11 “Black Swan”
co-star, 2010 12 The “NineNine” of TV’s “Brooklyn NineNine” 13 Carry before
delivering 21 Frothy drink with tapioca balls 23 Excellence, in
modern slang 28 Repeating electronic rhythm section 30 Hirelings of old 31 Topic in driver’s
ed 34 High school misanthrope of 1990s-2000s cartoondom 35 Many a Shiite 36 Miss the boat 37 Like 1¢, as
costs go 38 Salsa
ingredient 39 They have
nothing 43 How Viola dresses in “Twelfth Night” 44 2013 Oscarnominated frontwoman for rock’s Yeah Yeah Yeahs 45 Commercial
command 47 Like a wet
blanket 49 Subjects of many newspaper ads 50 Arms race
event, briefly 53 Dis twice? 55 Mountains
form over them 58 Like some food
and footage