The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Poseidon’s domain 4 Mortar accompanier 10 Swirl of smoke 14 Well-suited 15 Noah’s landing place 16 Tennis’s Kournikova 17 ___ for tat 18 Lone Star State baseball player 20 State whose license plates say “Famous Potatoes” 22 “That was a close one!” 23 “It’s a mouse!” 24 Not national, as an airline 27 Fad

29 Gave off, as radiation 30 “Secret” person who writes a love note

32 What Marcie calls Peppermint Patty in “Peanuts” 33 Take unfair advantage of 35 What you might drape a dress or shirt on in a closet 40 Got ready to be operated on 41 Loud noise 43 Foreign ___ (international matters) 46 Fidgety 49 Hands out cards 50 Young gallant in “Romeo and Juliet” 51 Noah’s craft 52 Drifter 55 Lumberjacks 56 Sandwich chain whose name is French for “ready to eat” 60 Time in history 61 Actress Hatcher of “Desperate Housewives” 62 Sailor’s affirmative 63 Singer ___ King Cole 64 River of the underworld 65 See 59-Down 66 “What’s the ___?” (pessimist’s cry)

Down

1 Works like “Animal Farm” and “Gulliver’s Travels” 2 Rapid spread of a disease 3 “Way to go, sister!” 4 Tushie 5 Bard’s “before” 6 “Wailing” instrument 7 Fish by dragging a net 8 Place for mascara 9 Raison d’___ 10 Pallid

11 Out of neutral, as a car 12 “Gesundheit!” elicitor 13 “Sex and the City” star Sarah Jessica ___ 19 “You’ve got to be kidding me!” 21 Top 10 song 25 Lower in position 26 Ones selling commercial time, informally 28 Boxing venue 30 Cling (to) 31 ___ than a doornail 34 Egyptian cobra 36 October’s birthstone 37 Country singer Yearwood 38 Where to find “Cut” and “Paste” 39 Coastal resort areas 42 Someone who was literally born yesterday 43 Makes a screenplay out of 44 Search (out) 45 Flimflam 47 Frightens 48 Men’s formal attire, informally 50 “A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it,” according to Ambrose Bierce 53 Minnesota representative Ilhan ___ 54 1990s Indiana governor Evan 57 Box office purchases, for short

58 Pod of whales 59 With 65-Across, what the last words of 18-, 35- and 56-Across are to each other