NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Give one a hand 5 Mescal

component 10 “The ___ to

you!” 14 “Sully” Sullenberger, notably 15 Champs’

exclamation 16 1958 Physics co- Nobelist ___ Frank 17 Aldrich who was a spy for the K. G. B. 18 U. S. city founded in 37- Across 20 “Have a tough

day?” answer 22 Stepped- all

over type 23 Slowpoke 24 Dilettante, say 25 Ink spot? 28 Congressman

Schiff 31 Friend of Sheldon on “The Big Bang Theory” 34 Comedy club

hit 35 Word with spot

or sport 36 ORD listing 37 See 18- and

60- Across 41 Blount in the Pro Football Hall of Fame 42 Häagen-___ 44 Light source 45 Make a submarine disappear? 46 Woodcutting

tool 47 Woodcutting

tool 49 Long- eared pet 52 Goes on 56 Concisely 58 TV personality

in a bow tie 60 U. S. city founded in 37- Across 62 Taylor of “Public

Enemies” 63 Annual race, for

short 64 Negative

particle 65 “To Autumn”

and others 66 Cheekiness 67 Detect 68 Curl maker

Down

1 Polling place

hangers- on? 2 Cocktail slice 3 AT& T Center,

e. g. 4 Something to

be stuck on 5 Plant bristles 6 “The Big Bang

Theory” sort 7 “How precious!” 8 Expert spelling? 9 Big company in

2001 news 10 Jagged

mountain range 11 60- Across sight 12 One often saying “hello,” maybe 13 Three o’clock, so

to speak 19 Prune 21 Cellphone

feature 24 Zero 26 ___ Maria ( rum- based liqueur) 27 Fiddle ( with) 29 Locale 30 Wrap alternative 31 Hester Prynne’s

mark 32 Somewhat 33 18- Across

sights 38 Soft drink whose logo features a red circle 39 Law school

beginners 40 It’s bad to be

behind it 43 St. Lawrence

and others 47 Changed over 48 Belt 50 Icarus, to

Daedalus 51 Some Latinas:

Abbr. 53 Insinuating 54 President who

had 15 children 55 Big shake 56 “Aida” goddess 57 One given to

doting 58 Many Wikipedia

articles 59 One of the Nereids in Greek myth 61 “Winter of

Artifice” writer