The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Green carving stone 5 Execs who handle the green 9 Brunch item often topped with sugar or fruit 14 Alternatives to lagers 15 Aid to accessibility 16 Word before “the bar” or “the boom” 17 ___ Blanc 18 Ones making written comments on text 20 Purchase something sight unseen 22 Prosecutors, for short 23 Big wind 24 Chinchilla or macaw, e.g. 28 Snowfall unit 32 “Cousin” of 1960s TV 33 Not deceived by 34 Battlefield renown 35 1984 mockumentary with a lot of adlibbed dialogue 39 Anti-rust coatings 40 Smell 41 Unified 42 Smoothie berry 43 Danger of laboring outdoors in the summer 46 Panache 48 ___ Lingus 49 Icing on the cake … or a hint to 20-, 24-, 35- and 43-Across 56 Brain region linked to speech 57 What someone who’s never satisfied wants 58 Minaret, e.g. 59 “Me neither,” formally 60 Qatari leader 61 Sch. whose athletes are the Minutemen and Minutewomen 62 Pest control brand 63 “My b”
Down
1 Frame component 2 Felipe or Moises of baseball 3 Refute 4 Nueva York or Dakota del Norte 5 Ocean Spray fruit snacks 6 Scary part of a wolf 7 Upscale hotel chain 8 Quick learner, say 9 Thunder sounds 10 Turn soil by machine 11 Furry “Star Wars” creature 12 Father, in France 13 Bustling hosp. locales 19 Stretched tight 21 Local dialect 24 System of moral values 25 Singer Aguilera’s nickname 26 Abbr. for change 27 Quickly attach, as a top to a bottle 29 Taboo 30 Popular bird in origami 31 Promote excessively 32 Chichén ___ (Mayan ruins) 34 Attic
36 Arts and ___ 37 Names, briefly 38 “[sigh] ... We just dealt with this”
43 Say “Talk to the hand, ’cause the face ain’t listenin’,” say 44 Release from one’s clutches 45 Theatrical cry from a balcony 47 Ones failing polygraphs 49 Native to 50 Hawkeye’s home 51 Classic Camaro 52 Master detective Wolfe 53 Man, in Milan 54 Blood’s foe 55 The wife’s, e.g. 56 A/C stat