NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Something fracked in fracking 6 Worms and such 13 Attractive young woman, in rap slang 14 Connection site? 16 Fragrant dressing 17 2006 Justin Timberlake # 1 hit 18 Arboreal sci- fi creature 19 Fifth player to hit 600 homers 21 Fruta that’s sour 22 Saint often depicted with a lamb 24 Celebration that coincided with Truman turning 61 26 Japan’s ___ Castle 27 Cassis cocktail 28 Tesla competitor 30 Mission group 31 Slacker’s opposite, in modern lingo 33 FormW-2 abbr. 35 Palindromic 1976 greatest hits album 36 Harmless shooter 40 Say yes or no, say 42 What’s usually about 12 people? 43 Danish shoe maker with more than 1,000 global stores 46 Senior 48 HSN competitor 49 Sushi bar selection 50 Astronomer who coined the term“nova” 51 Bomb with wheels 53 Capability of whales and dolphins 55 Navy ___ 57 Italian “dear” 58 Kind of car commonly seen in cities 60 Evil spirits 62 Prohibitionists’ target 63 Company that owns Paramount 64 Stuff to mine 65 Order setting

Down

1 Many a cabaret performer 2 Sandwich often served with Dijon mustard 3 Not out 4 Firm backing? 5 Observation satellites, so to speak 6 Fixes 7 Leading 8 Starting point of many a redeye 9 How Stephen Colbert sometimes speaks 10 Prefix whose last two letters are a prefix meaning the same thing 11 Nomad 12 Make tough to make out 13 Address 15 “Like” relative 20 He wrote “Venus favors the bold” 23 Navy ___ 25 Ill will 29 Cattle herder 30 City of 150,000+ between Raleigh and Durham 32 “My ___!” 34 ___ d’identité 37 Wing covering 38 Beau 39 Say LIKE THIS! 41 Develop 42 Heckle 43 Let up 44 Ire 45 Date night choice 47 Essential principle of Hinduism 50 Strike while the iron is hot? 52 Mr. T vehicle 54 State publicly 56 Temperamental type 59 Chorus syllable 61 Projecting point