The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Greeted a king

or queen, say

6 Barcelona bar

bites

11 Bone in the

mouth

14 Title for Tuck

15 Roger who wrote “I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie”

16 Good prefix for

Earth Day

17 *Region of upstate New York named for its bodies of water

19 Female pig

20 Slippery fish

21 Kaitlin of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”

22 Having no

doubt

23 Pants leg

measurement

25 *Navigation hurdle for a sailboat

27 Marble

figures

29 Ticket holders’

entitlements

30 Nile snake

31 Court

proceeding

34 “Frontline”

network

35 *Climbers’ warm-ups before mountains

37 Houston who fought Santa Anna

38 Pago Pago’s

land

39 Sellout warning, on a sign

42 Weight of a

diamond

44 One prone to

mistakes

46 *Source of shade on a desert island, say

49 Stem (from)

50 The “A” of

M.F.A.

51 Skateboarding

jump

53 Companion for

Tarzan

54 Go down a slippery slope?

55 Set of traits

we all have ... or a two-part description of the answers to the starred clues?

58 Number of Canadian provinces

59 Tip over

60 Fat compound

61 Affirmative vote

62 Like a tech

geek

63 Desirable

attribute

Down

1 Bosom buddy,

informally

2 Points in the

right direction

3 Apple used for

cider

4 Young bird of

prey

5 Rap’s Dr. ___

6 Narrate

7 Embarrass

8 Orange ___

(tea type)

9 Large sports

venues

10 GPS lines:

Abbr.

11 Catholic religious order that founded Georgetown University

12 Squirrel’s stash

13 Bowled over

18 Cesar who played the Cisco Kid 22 Q-tips, e.g.

23 “It ___ tale told by an idiot”: Macbeth

24 Onetime spot

for fast food

26 Leave a flight

28 Watches the

kids

32 “That’s

brilliant!”

33 Arm or leg

35 Places with

barns

36 Make easier to

hear, in a way

37 Cracker often served with soup

39 Minor mistakes

40 Daydream

41 Smelted

material

42 Auto access

item

43 Performing

company

45 Without cost

46 Italian restaurant staple

47 Name on a glue

bottle

48 Spiral-horned

antelope

52 ___ 500

55 Attila, notably

56 ___ mode

57 Summer hrs. in

D.C.