NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Tomfoolery 10 Xerox rival 15 Real soon 16 One who comes

from Qom 17 Pick, of sorts 18 Guilty gang 19 Mardi Gras, for

one: Abbr. 20 Observant

individual 21 These, to a Tico 22 Jazz setting 24 Yarn 26 Cool red giant 28 Adherent of the clockwork universe theory 29 Schlemiel 30 Out of practice?:

Abbr. 32 Letters after Sen. Charles Schumer’s name 33 Quote lead-in? 34 What a horse

kicks with 38 Prepares 40 Anita of song 41 Super ___ 43 Little jerk 44 Lid for a laddie 45 Zest providers 47 “Check,” in

cards 51 Common images on stamps 54 See 58-Across 55 Moral creator 56 Canal-clearing

tube 58 With 54-Across, something worn on a road trip 59 Antelope with lyre-shaped horns 60 Be able to sue,

say 62 Doesn’t keep off

the grass? 63 Introductory

offers 64 Material named

for a country 65 Special

elevator?

DOWN

1 Break 2 Places for jacks 3 Eye with awe 4 Cigna offering 5 Couple 6 Reply of denial 7 Brought home 8 Prepared to give

a ring, say Like much flatware 10 At maximal

maturity 11 “___ perplexed with a thousand cares”: Shak. 12 They often

include balloons 13 Being displayed

conspicuously 14 Diva’s conspicu

ous display 23 Rugged 25 Hitherto 27 Kind of denom. 31 Halfhearted 33 Accouterment for Fred of “Scooby-Doo” 34 Barely-there

bottoms

9 35 Simple

challenge 36 Junior, e.g. 37 One may follow

the news 39 It might take the

cake 42 Cuban coin 45 Digestive

enzyme 46 Obama energy

secretary Chu 48 Leavening

agent, briefly 49 Rubber 50 Mother ___ 52 Rubber-___ 53 A real dummy 57 Site of many London hangings 61 No-goodnik