The New York Times crossword puzzle

1 Reaction to being sent to the principal’s office, say 5 Cartoon cat 8 City name in both East and West Coast states 13 After weighing both sides 16 Amazon guide? 17 Question suggesting “Beats me!” 18 Gaudiness 19 Logic game with matchsticks 20 Reach a point of diminishing returns 22 Take a shot 23 Eponym of a cathedral in Red Square 25 Cosmic law and order in Buddhism 27 It may be set in stone 28 Small colored feature of the body

Across

30 “Ma-a-aybe” 35 Some nerve? 36 What Scarlett saved 37 “___ on!” (“Come and get it!”) 39 Elevate 40 Chilly day accessory 42 “Seriously?” 44 Smoothie starter 46 North-flowing river 47 “Mmmmm!” 49 ___ in (enclosed, as a porch) 53 Fire 54 Sheltered, as stock 56 Kind of cross 57 Bulletin 59 Painfully obvious 61 Fuzzy

62 Trip that no one wants to take 63 Defeated, but barely 64 Howe’er 65 Weeks off

Down

1 Prom wear 2 Coming through without a scratch 3 Something that might be “dropped” prematurely in a relationship, in slang 4 Vote-swaying org.

5 They usually come with bikinis 6 “Get it while it’s hot!” 7 Chem major’s exam, perhaps 8 Its blossom is the state flower of Arizona 9 Without exception

10 Recurrent musical theme 11 1-up, in gaming 12 Labyrinthine 14 Greedily consumes 15 Checked out 21 “But of course!” 24 It doesn’t go wall-to-wall 26 Fields questions, say 29 Follower of John 30 Small, informally 31 Tex-Mex dish sometimes served with southwest dressing 32 Object of some fantasy quests

33 “Of course … my bad!”

34 The lyrics of “Livin’ la Vida Loca,” e.g. 38 Weapon with an Italian name 41 Descriptive of some flakes and hair 43 “My pleasure!” 45 Kid 48 Starting time for an attack 50 Go afield 51 Two under 52 Goes mano a mano (with) 53 Spelunk 55 Angel’s opposite 58 “The Murders in the ___ Morgue” 60 Eglin or MacDill: Abbr.

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