The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Churchill Downs, to horse racing fans

6 So-called

“battery acid” 9 Striking 14 Words after “Stuck” or “High” in hit song titles 15 Control tower projection, for short 16 Susceptible 17 Wendy’s burger for “discerning carnivores” 19 It’ll give a chip zip

20 “This is gonna

be amazing!” 21 Dazzling figure

skating feat 22 Abbr. for

Lucasfilm 23 Court finales 26 Sandy islet 27 Do some

plot work 28 One to one, say 29 Get at 32 Shakespeare’s Shylock, for one 35 Eldest of the

Pleiades 36 Group of horses?

37 Cher or Adele,

e.g.

38 Smallest infinite cardinal number 40 Opposite

of narrow 41 Close attention,

in brief

42 Uber app

abbr. 43 Modicum 44 Simple, simple,

simple 48 Stingers from

a gun

51 One devoted

to Mary?

52 Its logo features a flaming ball 54 He joined the 52-Across in 2004

56 Title role player in 2013’s “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” 57 Plasma,

for one 58 Heartbeat 59 One who might target four minutes 60 What Willy

Loman was in 61 “Dream on!” 62 Get rid of

Down

1 Company once named Socony-Vacuum 2 Pass

3 Palmlike tropical plant

4 Cousin of

a polecat 5 Sally Field’s role in “The Amazing Spider-Man” 6 Unleash upon 7 Not the

movable type 8 Main villain in “The Phantom Menace” 9 Some execs 10 Many a dweller along the Euphrates 11 Assigned, as to do charity work, in modern lingo 12 Constantly wanting more 13 Unwaveringly

committed to 18 Follower of fire or bombs 24 Boston ___ 25 Be short 26 Sound in

a storm

29 “No clue” 30 Worker always seen with a beard

31 Bit by bit 32 Easily

disgusted 33 ___-de-sac 34 Dressage

concern 36 “Pain at another’s good,” per Plutarch 39 Bears

40 Pity party cry 43 Guitarist

Hendrix

45 Go down 46 Queen’s “We Are the Champions,” vis-à-vis “We Will Rock You” 47 Dry out 48 Gorgeous,

to Giorgio 49 Ones up

in arms? 50 Vacancy

sign? 53 Probate

figure 55 Relative of

“die”

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