NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 President George or George W. 5 Egypt’s capital 10 “Casablanca” pianist 13 Start the poker pot 14 Catkin-producing tree 15 What an oenologist is an expert on 16 Anger, in the comics 18 ___ and crafts 19 Broadcast time 20 Ill-tempered 22 Harper who wrote “To Kill a Mockingbird” 23 Scores in baseball 25 Bit of sunshine 26 Refrain syllables in “Deck the Halls” 27 Burden too heavily 32 Honda model with a palindromic name 35 Uttered 36 Just sitting around 37 Letter after phi, chi and psi 38 Channel for Erin Burnett and Don Lemon 39 Make catty remarks from the side 40 Trig, calc, etc. 41 Lose color 42 Voice above baritone 43 Love, jealousy and anger 45 Classic distress call 46 Setting for TV’s “Cheers” 47 German car once owned by General Motors 49 Intervening space 52 Peas and peanuts, for two 56 Perfect example 58 Presidential office shape 59 Nervousness, in the comics 61 Arm or leg 62 Country singer Steve 63 Norway’s capital 64 Ginger ___ 65 White-plumed wader 66 Many souvenir shirts

Down

1 ___ metabolism (energy expended at rest) 2 Remove a knot from 3 Mall unit 4 Group of buffalo 5 Prickly plant 6 Basketball great Iverson 7 Wedding words 8 Extend one’stour of duty 9 Arranged alphabetically, e.g. 10 In answer to the request “Talk dirty to me,” she sometimes says “The carpet needs vacuuming” 11 Pantry-raiding bugs 12 See-through material 15 Odor, in the comics 17 Percussion instrument made from a gourd 21 Droopy part of a basset hound 24 No- goodnik 26 Idea, in the comics 28 Trellis- climbing plant 29 Chief Norse god 30 Big name in dog food 31 Cousin of an elk 32 Easy ___, easy go 33 Mosque leader 34 Presidential bill-killer 35 Read the U.P.C. of 39 Calm and impassive 41 Observe through a crystal ball, say 44 “Take me as ___” 45 Group of seven 48 Portrait painter Rembrandt ___ 49 Bird in a gaggle 50 Enough 51 Money in Mexico 52 Name spelled out in a Kinks hit 53 Like Satan 54 Minecraft or Fortnite 55 Pirate’s plunder 57 Gait slower than a gallop 60 Blunder