The new york times crossword
ACROSS
1 Mail inits. since
1971 5 ___-Carlton
(hotel chain) 9 Lettuce or
cabbage
14 Small recess 15 Drill (into) 16 Hero of Narnia in C. S. Lewis novels 17 Evidence of a day at the beach
19 In a deadpan
manner 20 Spleen
21 Middle of a classic boast from Caesar 22 Spanish
girlfriend 23 "Phooey!" 25 Chocolate confection with a molten core 28 Partner of
"ceases" 31 "Science is like ___: Sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it": Richard Feynman 32 Cleric's title, for
short
33 Tiki bar drink 35 Part of a decentsized plot 36 Effect of secondhand pot smoke 39 Uber-fan
41 Ted ___, author of the bestselling shortstory collection "Exhalation" 42 Make a mistake 43 "Well, lahdi-___"
45 Made an irreverently sarcastic comment 49 Flight of fancy 52 Crooner Mel who was called "The Velvet Fog" 53 Common sight along the Norwegian coast
54 Male admirer 57 Signature Obama achievement, in brief
58 Held on (to) 59 Description of 17-, 25-, 36and 49-Across, in different senses? 61 Where it's at 62 Afghan's place 63 Bottom of a boat
Army squad leaders: Abbr. Rudely "welcome" the away team
"Toy Story" boy 64 65 66
DOWN
1 Remove the
fastenings from 2 Evening party 3 Tools for
fireplaces 4 Winter item on
a car's roof rack 5 Hank Aaron holds the M.L.B. record for these, for short (2,297) 6 Smidgen 7 Fishing net 8 Mindfulnessbased practice 9 Cop-turnedvigilante in a postapocalyptic film 10 Courtier who oversees Hamlet's duel with Laertes 11 Member of a powerful ruling elite
12 B-baller in
California
By Peter Gordon
13 "___ takers?" 18 Altima maker 22 "___ Maria" 24 Shakespeare's "___ of
Athens" 26 "Given the way things appear ..."
27 12/24 or 12/31 29 Small songbird 30 Upper part of a Vandyke beard, informally 34 German "Geez!" 35 Belligerent, in
British slang 36 Swiss founder of analytical psychology 37 Largest Chinese
ethnic group 38 Like "three men" of nursery rhyme 39 Patch things up,
say? 40 Unimportant
things 43 Funereal
compositions 44 Chip in
46 N.H.L. team with a mythological eponym 47 Presided over a
roast, say 48 Lethal 50 Dunkable
edible 51 Degrade 55 Nobelist Wiesel 56 Miles away 58 Big name in
pharmacies 59 One of Islam's
Five Pillars 60 Inits. before a
nickname