The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Order 5 ___ palm 9 It’s made with syrup 13 Town near Ireland’s Shannon Airport 15 A caller may be on this 16 Track type 17 & 18 Italian-born composer 19 Something a scow lacks 20 It’s often hooked 21 Carlos the Jackal, for one 23 Start of a Beatles refrain 25 Eastern titles 26 ___ loss 27 Bars in cars 29 “A ___ champion never handled sword”: “Henry VI, Part I” 31 “Understood” 33 Danny’s love in “Ocean’s Eleven” 34 & 35 Germanborn composer 38 Man’s name that spells a fruit backward 41 Class lists? 44 Takes one’s sweet time 48 Kind of car or class 50 2014 Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film 51 Space cadet’s need? 53 Prompt 54 His first tweet ended “I bless all of you from my heart” 57 What the lowing herd wind slowly o’er, in verse 58 For the calorieconscious 59 & 60 Austrianborn composer 61 N.B.A. coach Spoelstra 62 Put on 63 Spiny shrub 64 Without 65 Ligurian Sea feeder 66 North Sea feeder
Down
1 “Austin Powers” villain 2 Out of this world? 3 Longtime grandmotherly “General Hospital” actress 4 Short-beaked bird 5 “Aren’t you forgetting something?” 6 Jumble behind a computer desk 7 Hazel relatives 8 “Cool, man!” 9 Popular 9-Across 10 Gorged 11 Shakespeare character who says “I dare damnation” 12 Paying close attention 14 Retirement party, e.g. 18 Without 22 Tour grp. 24 “Happy Days” malt shop owner 28 File certain papers 30 “View From the U.N.” memoirist 32 Hosp. staffers 35 Cry that’s often doubled 36 Place for a bust 37 Doubling up? 38 Food 39 Port alternative 40 “Sign me up!” 42 Heating equipment 43 Put completely (in) 45 TV option, for short 46 Engineer Gray who co-founded Western Electric 47 Aid 49 Shepard’s role in “The Right Stuff” 52 ___ Allen Express (Amtrak train in the Northeast) 55 Horror movie sounds 56 Letter ender 60 “Whew!”