The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Entertain 6 Apples with chips
11 Call upon, as
for a position
14 Like a wet blanket
15 Loaded chip
16 Wish undone
17 Fasteners near hasps … and an anagram of 11-Down
19 Ripen
20 More than a stone’s throw away
21 Like a laundry pile
23 Prelude to bandwidth throttling
27 Inserts used in orthodontics
28 Adornment that may have a certain charm
30 Nuptial exchanges
31 Followed a curve
32 Snowboards, in lingo
34 Busy professional in Apr.
37 Talks sweetly 38 Ancient Greek city-state
39 Subsequently 40 E.V. battery capacity unit
41 Ticketed
42 Be the head of, as a band
43 Dos + seis
45 2016 Lucasfilm production starring Felicity Jones
47 In good shape
financially 50 Prepared to pop the question, say
51 Thai dish that translates as “fried with soy sauce”
53 The Eiger, for
one
54 “___ you
serious?” 55 Challenge for a fire-walker … and an anagram of 25Down
60 ___ Tagesspiegel (German daily)
61 Word with tall or short
62 Up to now 63 Newsroom folks, for short
64 Justin Timberlake’s former band
65 Not selfsufficient
Down
1 “Details, please …?”
2 Ranch sound
3 Supposed Roswell crasher
4 Grass and clay,
for tennis
5 Twined
together
6 QB goof: Abbr.
7 Ernst who studied sonic booms
8 Yearns (for)
9 Bargain bin finds
10 Some
scrubbers 11 Vocational training provider
… and an anagram of
55-Across
12 Foretell
13 Friends and associates, in slang
18 ___ Sea, outlet of the Amu Darya
22 Intro to -logical
23 Arizona player,
informally 24 —> or <— 25 Specialized tableware for serving some Mexican food … and an anagram of
17-Across
26 Presidential candidate of 1992 and 1996
29 Bathroom remodeling specialist
33 Passed without flying colors
35 Tubular pasta variety
36 Paid table stakes
38 Groundbreakers
39 Yogi’s balancing stance with arms overhead
41 Root for
42 Something a Tesla driver doesn’t need to carry
44 Rite Aid competitor
46 Irksome buzzer
47 Ground-breaker
48 Like galleys
49 Bit of
sleepwear
52 “Say ___”
56 Tolkien horde member
57 Vote for
58 Conducted
59 Farm structure