NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 House overhang 5 Sci. class that might have controlled explosions 9 Look at rudely 13 Holey shoe 14 Camera setting for novice photographers 15 Cartoon brother of Dewey and Louie 16 Heaven’s opposite

17 5, for the set [2, 4, 6, 8]

18 Be philanthropic 19 Not delayed 21 Crystal-filled rocks

23 Device with Rewind and Fast Forward functions

26 Aid for squeezing into a tight piece of footwear 27 Extreme point in the Arctic or Antarctic 30 World Cup cheers

31 Store sign displayed from 9 to 6, say

35 “If you ask me …,” online 36 True or false, on a true/false test 38 Promise in front of a judge 39 Unsaid yet understood

41 Have dinner at home

43 Glass frequently used for toasting the New Year

48 Two quarters 49 Wet forecast 50 Meat of the matter

51 Advice to a musician with a 23-, 26- or 43-Across? 54 Egyptian counterpart of Hades and Pluto

56 Deals from the bottom or marks cards, say

59 Lack of seriousness about a serious situation

60 “Yay!”

61 Juicy bits of info 62 Future therapist’s major, for short

DOWN

1 “HELLO … Hello … hello …” effect

2 “Well, ___ you

clever?!” 3 Alessandro who invented the electric battery 4 High-level coverup?

5 Country between Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea

6 Shade of color

7 Prediction of a flight tracker app, for short 8 African mammal that’s resistant to snake venom 9 “What a terrible, awful idea!” 10 Tour leader

11 Bar used on a fulcrum 12 “Blinkers” or “peepers” 20 Passable, at best 22 Make a mistake 24 Jellied fish in some British pies 25 Enjoy, as gum 27 Marketing spiel 28 Largest city in Nebraska 29 Neighborhood spot for cheap booze 32 So-called “master gland” of the endocrine system

33 Revises, as an essay 34 Nine-person combo

36 Sports org. for Nadal and Djokovic 37 Official with a whistle 40 “Sounds good to me”

42 Capital of Africa’s largest country 44 Pretentious 45 Gift of ___ 46 Zero, in a soccer result

47 Cain’s eldest son 52 Tiny faults

53 Beat decisively, informally 54 Aged

55 “Catch my drift?” 57 Tic-___-toe 58 [Excuse me, this is a library ...!]