The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Stallions’ mates 6 Starting from 10 Inflated selfimages 14 Engulfed (in) 15 Roman garment of old 16 Trevor of “The Daily Show” 17 Frank of the Mothers of Invention 18 Humpty Dumpty’s perch 19 Cast a ballot 20 Imbibe copiously 23 Tally 24 Snaky fish that can swim backward 25 Middle square on a bingo card 26 Move speedily 31 “The Fox and the Crow” storyteller 34 Depend (on) 35 M.A. applicant’s test 36 Go with the ___ 37 Persuades 39 “Yay! Tomorrow’s Saturday!” 40 Big bird in Liberty Mutual ads 41 Very many 42 Elements that make up the atmosphere 43 Toil arduously 47 Borscht vegetable 48 Pecan or almond 49 Ave. crossers 52 Observe intently 56 Numbskull 57 ___ Grey tea 58 Foxx with an Oscar for playing Ray 59 ___ call (attendance check) 60 Frosty coating 61 Vital part of the stratosphere’s protective layer 62 “If all ___ fails …” 63 “Shoo!” 64 Beauty’s fairy tale suitor, with “the”
Down
1 Japanese carmaker with a CX series 2 Oscar, Emmy or Tony 3 Swift 4 “Monday Night Football” channel 5 Drastic reorganization 6 Whenever one wishes 7 Drench 8 Eye rudely 9 Pita sandwiches of deep-fried chickpea balls 10 Regarded with jealousy 11 Big fat zeros 12 Swearing-in pledge 13 “___-Ra: Princess of Power” (1980s animated series) 21 Hall-of-Fame QB Dawson 22 Noisy scuffle 26 Noisy scuffle 27 Boiling mad 28 Piano part 29 One of the Great Lakes 30 N.B.A. whistle blowers 31 Not very many 32 Furry red Muppet 33 Tart hard candies 37 Crawls as a snake would 38 Stir-fry pan 39 Kids’ chasing game 41 Actor Guinness who portrayed Obi-Wan Kenobi 42 Found employment 44 Water heater for tea 45 Bit of jewelry to wear with sandals 46 Needing to be paid 49 American ___ (U.S. Pacific territory) 50 Siblings like Jacob and Esau 51 Shooting sport with clay targets 52 Cashmere or angora 53 Nonclerical, at a church 54 Filmdom’s la Douce 55 Smoggy overcast 56 Hip-hop’s Dr. ___