The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 All-time leading scorer for the Lakers, familiarly 5 Modern-day horse-and-buggy users 10 Bird with a reduplicative name

14 Old pro 17 Raucous music style similar to boogie-woogie 18 Big Dance org. 19 Action after a

bad golf drive 20 “Don’t make

me eat that!” 21 Bolivian capital 25 Got an A+ on 26 State in Tornado Alley: Abbr. 27 Overhead cost of manufacturing? 28 Drunkard 29 ___ du jour

(bistro special) 31 ’50s campaign

button name 32 Fanciful

ideas 35 Become

rusted 37 Seminal punk band, with “the”

39 Potato ___

(appetizer) 40 Nap sack? 41 Well-kept 42 Lowest-ranking

G.I.

43 Island WNW of

Molokai

45 Wall St.

credential 46 Who said “The only difference between me and the Surrealists is that I am a Surrealist” 48 Spaces (out) 49 Globe 50 Studied

(up on)

51 ___ Reader 53 The titular Nelsons of a classic sitcom 60 Dish with tomatoes and mozzarella 61 Animal whose name consists of the postal codes of two states it passes in its migration 62 British meat pie 63 Nest protest

Down

1 Cold War

inits.

2 Hybrid citrus

fruits

3 Native American canoe material 4 Columnist

Klein 5 ___-American 6 “That’s not impressing me” 7 Response to “Who wants some?”

8 “Law & Order” spinoff, for short

9 Bucks and

bulls

10 Blue state? 11 Speechify 12 Partner of

confused 13 This clue number minus deux 15 Passions 16 Large unit of

resistance 20 Like some insensitive remarks, for short 22 Encompassed

by

23 Give a

pointer?

24 Info on a dating

profile 28 Bundle up 30 Super-hoppy

craft brew 33 Make easier to recite, as the Great Lakes via HOMES 34 Vodka cocktail with cranberry and grapefruit juice 36 Available to

watch, in a way 37 Speckled

coat

38 Wild guess 40 Bit of sweet

talk

44 Take by force 46 Construction vehicle, informally 47 ___ Day, Down Under holiday

50 U2 frontman 52 It costs about twice as much if it’s round 54 European

peak

55 Actress

Vardalos 56 Some N.F.L. linemen: Abbr.

57 It can be tipped … or collect tips 58 Whichever 59 Restaurant

water choice