The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS 1 Get back (to)

5 Hunk

8 Trim

14 Totally trounced

16 Yellow creature in a series of hit animated films

17 Profit column figure

18 On a par with, in terms of tidiness

19 What to do if you want to win bar trivia?

21 Cause of swollen feet and ankles

22 :-O !!

23 Depleted 27 Habitually

32 Iowa State city

35 “Olé!” cousin

36 Flasher at a rock concert 37 Medical professional with a passion for pep rallies? 40 Golden rule word 41 Flagship sch. with famed serpentine garden walls 42 Those, in Quito 43 Electrical problem 44 “Scandal” creator Rhimes 46 Confucian scholar Chu ___ 48 Community spirit 52 Predictable result of a choir’s Barry White singing contest? 59 Compound like NaCl or HCl 60 Cause of just deserts 61 Fortune 500 company that started out selling books 62 Commencement week tradition at many colleges 63 “My turn now” 64 For example 65 Striped blue balls DOWN 1 Actor’s asset

2 Snorty ride

3 Sporty ride, informally 4 Measure up

5 ___ monster

6 The boss of 7 Alternative to “Yours truly” 8 Insincere charm 9 Moor’s foe in the early eighth century

10 Suffix similar to -ess 11 Property interest

12 Pride : lion :: knot : ___ 13 Specialist M.D.s 15 Teachers of the dharma 20 Dandy

24 Goes wrong

25 Crow relative

26 “Yup”

28 Final words of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech 29 Tips for a shoeshiner 30 River through Spain 31 Playable kid in the Super Smash Bros. games 32 Bustles

33 Bulb circler 34 Resound 36 Checkers do it 38 Keenly observant

39 Ab ___ (from the beginning) 44 British title

45 Things many people work on all day long 47 Depleted 49 Marauding group 50 Ottoman Empire founder 51 Corset bones and collar stiffeners

52 Popular takeout option 53 Mia who appeared on a Wheaties box in 1999 54 Style

55 Order specification 56 Intro-level info

57 “The Lion King” queen 58 Jazz vocalist Anita