The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Before, poetically 4 User-edited websites 9 Where many hands may be at work 13 N.Y.C. ave. between Park and Third 14 Cellular blueprint 15 “And Then There Were ___” 16 Newbie crossword solver’s thought on a Monday 18 “Veep” actress Chlumsky 19 Lacking temerity 20 J.F.K. alternative 21 Start of a courtroom oath 22 “30 for 30” airer 23 Newbie crossword solver’s thought on a Tuesday 27 Where the action happens 28 Place people walk into for jokes? 29 Lunar holiday 30 Holder of tent sales 31 Winter sights at New York’s Rockefeller Center and Bryant Park 33 Mantra, often 35 Newbie crossword solver’s thought on a Wednesday 40 “Likewise” 41 Said “hello” from a distance 42 Off-road transport, for short 43 IGN’s #1 Video Game Console of All Time 46 Top of a can 47 June honoree 50 Newbie crossword solver’s thought on a Thursday 53 Scourge 54 Green prefix 55 Na+, for one 56 Potables in kiddush and the Eucharist 57 Mellow cheese 58 Newbie crossword solver’s thought on a Friday 61 Actress Palmer of “Nope” 62 Fracases 63 “My dear fellow” 64 Some flock members 65 Actress Amy of “Enchanted” 66 Something you should hold onto, in an expression

Down

1 Division I players, say 2 Alter 3 Not included 4 Like newly painted canvases 5 Bank statement abbr. 6 Department store chain that began as a corner grocery 7 “Potentially” 8 Kind of oil in cooking 9 “What did the ___ say when it was riding on the back of a turtle? Wheeeee!” 10 Lempira spender 11 Like a newborn babe 12 Samosa veggie 14 “___ knows” 17 Beefeater, for one 23 Diminish 24 Rubs the wrong way 25 Scratched the surface? 26 Baby foxes 28 Item of wear named after an island 31 Grand Canyon viewpoint 32 Scatter, as seed 34 Prepared for a surprise party, in a way 35 Part of Caesar’s boast 36 Longtime soda slogan 37 Chocolate confection that melts before you eat it 38 D.C. tourist spot 39 Like Thanos in the Marvel universe 44 Very secretive sort 45 Sent away, as a pest 47 Like Legos, originally 48 Cause of fatigue 49 Bedouin’s home 51 Encyclopedia volumes, e.g. 52 ___ Holmes, sleuth in youngadult fiction 53 Part of a bridle 56 Director Craven 57 Barely manage, with “out” 59 Real beauty 60 “___ Diaboliques,” 1955 Simone Signoret film