The New York Times

1 Go bad

4 ___ Coeur, Mo. 9 Hayes in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

14 “Well, looky here!” 15 Fuel carrier at sea 16 ___ toast 17 Betting game in which you could lose your shirt 19 One who’s constantly talking smack 20 Brooklyn basketball team 21 Shaped like grapes 23 Time away from the grind, for short 24 Film cast and crew celebration 27 Insolent manner 30 Secondary schools in France 31 Approach

33 Aid in making a pompadour 34 Almost twins … as suggested by this puzzle’s circled squares? 39 [head slap] 40 Smooth, in music 41 Like some writing of Anaïs Nin 45 Adkins, for Adele 49 Tickets for shorter lines, good seats, backstage access, etc. 51 Thespian

52 What might be taken to go? 53 The speed of sound

55 Lofty abode 57 Some old mobile devices 59 A.F.C. East athlete, for short 60 Disney princess with “a dreamy far- off look, and her nose stuck in a book”

61 One arguing in court: Abbr. 62 Bookish sorts 63 Twiddled one’s thumbs

64 Sch. with a campus in Shreveport

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1 Platforms for speakers 2 Words following “Which thing?” 3 Sign in an apartment window 4 Signature feature of a Duracell battery

5 Total hoot 6 Fraternal group with a mammalian name

7 Peace sign shape 8 Slip-up

9 “OK by me” 10 Largest airport in the Pacific Northwest 11 Ziggy Stardust visà-vis David Bowie

12 Midge Maisel’s father on “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” 13 Garage occupant 18 Dye for denim 22 Kilmer of “Top Gun” 24 Sneaky sorts 25 Peeved, with “off” 26 Fashion inits. 28 French article 29 “What’s the big ___?” 32 Latvia’s capital 34 Doughnut shapes, mathematically 35 Burger King offering

36 “Old Town Road” rapper Lil ___ X 37 Stuck on 38 Lightweight rainwear 39 Patel of “Slumdog Millionaire”

42 Moved on the tarmac 43 Places to be marooned 44 Farm-share program, for short 46 Lacking a key, in music 47 “Woman With a Parasol” and “Impression, Sunrise”

48 1974 pop hit with Spanish lyrics 50 Like Robert Mueller beginning in 2013

53 Move around, with “about”

54 First company to be valued at $1 trillion 55 Raggedy ___ 56 Word before dropper or popper 58 Spearheaded