The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Flip (out) 4 Dandy neckwear 10 “___ NewsHour” 13 Opera that famously ends with the line “La commedia è finita!” 15 Potion container 16 NOTED TENOR 17 “Dark Angel” star Jessica 18 Advantage 19 Kickstarter figure 20 Desk tray labels 21 SIMPLE DIET 24 “Dallas Buyers Club” Oscar winner 26 Apprehend 29 Something checked on a questionnaire 30 One of the five founding nations of the Iroquois Confederacy 35 Fat remover, for short 36 Some bathroom postings … or what the clues to 16-, 21-, 46- and 59-Across are? 39 Not stuffy 40 Mason’s tool 41 “Watch it!” 42 Puzzle

44 Part of the Spanish conjugation of “to be”

46 GET SPEARED 51 Dune transport 53 Verve

54 First car to offer seatbelts (1950) 58 Ilhan ___, one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress 59 DOOR DECALS 61 Goes from liquid to solid, say 62 Babbling 63 Show with noted alumni, for short 64 “See ya!” 65 Off-roader, in brief

Down

1 Out of the strike zone, in a way 2 Product whose introduction was music to people’s ears? 3 Group of friends 4 Abbr. in a cockpit

5 The Alamo had a famous one

6 “Can you ___?” (classic cologne catchphrase) 7 The planets, e.g. 8 Immune system defender 9 ___ Toby, character in “Twelfth Night” 10 Part of a stove 11 Pakistani restaurant owner on “Seinfeld” 12 Blind spot? 14 “Whither ___ thou?”: John 16:5 15 Milli ___ (1980s-’90s pop duo) 20 “Methinks,” in texts

22 [It’s gone!] 23 Words of empathy 24 When repeated, a classic of garage rock 25 Teeny-tiny 27 Nighttime woe 28 Like the dawn sky 29 Lead-in to load or lift 31 Our: Fr. 32 Overthrow, e.g. 33 Court oath affirmation 34 Morning coat 37 ___ Rockefeller 38 Where to see two runners side by side 43 Serpentine swimmer 45 What to call un hombre 47 State flower of Indiana 48 Candied 49 Heaviest of the noble gases 50 Pepper used in mole sauce 51 Teeth not connected to jaws

52 “And how!” 55 On the briny 56 Elated 57 LG product 59 “Spare” part 60 ___ Wallace, “Ben-Hur” author