The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across 1 Pole stars? 10 Shop contents 15 Smetana composition inspired by a river 16 Too good for 17 Flexible attire 18 Chicken 19 ___ Lovegood, friend of Harry Potter 20 Chemistry test? 22 One-eighth of a data set 25 777, e.g. 26 Target of some shots 28 Creature that can walk on lava 29 Shoots 30 Opposite of pobre 32 Sierra and others 35 Leslie’s friend on “Parks and Recreation” 36 Mutant villain of Marvel Comics 39 Gambler’s spot 40 Bottom of the barrel 42 Former Senate majority leader who was once an amateur boxer 43 Single cut 45 Wheels 47 Group with a satellite truck 49 10-12 on a Little League team, maybe 52 Romeos 53 Activity at a comic con 54 Reminder of a hit 55 Fancy restaurant topping? 56 “The Mikado” and “The Merry Widow” 61 What sharks take interest in 62 Rebel fighter during the Mexican Revolution 63 Pressure group? 64 Edgy newspaper type, informally Down 1 Dump 2 E’en if 3 Neither long nor short: Abbr. 4 Survivor’s cry 5 Mass appeal 6 Thickness-adjusting tool 7 Woman’s name meaning “pleasure” 8 One might be paid to talk 9 Certain bar order 10 Dangling part of a turkey 11 Persistent 12 Subject of a classic sixvolume work by Edward Gibbon 13 One might have clickable “Yes” and “No” buttons 14 Event in which the Four Questions are read 21 “… never mind, then” 22 Butcher’s scraps 23 “I Fall to Pieces” singer 24 Like landscape paintings that focus more on color and lighting than fine detail 25 Harebrained 27 It’s a feeling 31 Turn over 33 Hard ___ 34 Shoots out 37 Place for matches 38 Abandoned 41 Carolina Panthers mascot with a rhyming name 44 Dog depicted by Monopoly’s dog token 46 Chicago political dynasty 48 TV show created by Vince McMahon 49 Go haywire 50 28-Across, e.g. 51 Dumplings at a Japanese restaurant 54 Was lachrymose 57 Bucko 58 [Oh, no you didn’t!] 59 Loser to New England in Super Bowl LI: Abbr. 60 “Come to think of it …”