NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Beginning with 5 Criticize harshly 10 Aging

equipment? 13 Waikiki warbler 14 It’s often the last

choice 15 Full of salt 16 Table 17 Sets off 18 Didn’t just mislead someone 19 1974 John Carpenter sci-fi film 21 Baudelaire ou

Rimbaud 22 Inarticulate

comebacks 23 Escamillo of

“Carmen,” e.g. 26 Hot spot 29 Vacation

destination 30 Smooth, in a

way 31 Come and go 32 Sneaker brand 35 Fourth of July

celebrants 39 Bridge 40 Backstage 41 ___-European 42 Priebus’s predecessor as Republican Party chairman 43 Author Sinclair 44 Impressionist

Frank 47 Tolkien baddie 48 Have ___ (live it

up) 49 Washington

player 54 Year “Othello” was first performed 55 Cheerleader’s

asset 57 Fiats 58 Novelist Ferber 59 Playground

retort 60 Relish 61 Maiden name

preceder 62 Fills the tank,

with “up” 63 ___-culotte DOWN 1 Extra 2 Soft seat 3 “___ Majesty’s

Secret Service” 4 Pay 5 Company that makes Turf Builder 6 Cutting-edge product? 7 Old group whose members are all represented in this puzzle 8 Like a cool cat 9 Hectic places in hosps. 10 Not the same 11 Connect with 12 Tom who followed Johnny Carson on NBC 15 Swell 20 Yonder yacht 21 “Jar of Hearts”

singer Christina 24 Relating to

songbirds 25 Blowout victory 26 Places for

sweaters 27 N.F.C. South

city 28 It takes the cake 29 Not for tweens,

say 32 Locked (up) 33 Reverse 34 Trowel user 36 Sponsor of an annual science competition 37 ___ brothers

(Hollywood duo) 38 Numbers needed for letters 42 Best-selling thriller author Daniel ___ 43 Geller with claims of paranormal powers 44 ___ Yards 45 Start of “The

Alphabet Song” 46 Cleo of jazz 47 Several Holy Roman emperors 50 Heed the

alarm 51 Masked

assassin 52 Do something

about 53 Wise

alternative 55 It’s a long story 56 7 on an old

phone