The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Rafael on the tennis court 6 Mineral easily split into layers

10 Reached base feet-first 14 Michelle who wrote “Becoming”

15 Gem found in the Outback 16 Daly with a Tony for “Gypsy” 17 Like the ocean and most potato chips

18 Pianist Cliburn plays basketball defense? 20 Building extension 21 Spoken

23 Garb

24 TV host Behar takes mass transit? 26 Trash-loving grouch of children’s TV

27 They bring tears to chefs’ eyes

28 Young seal

30 “___ Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” 31 Unstraighten, as a wire 32 Illinois city on the Illinois River

35 Actress Rogers flips out? 39 “That’s enough!”

40 Kelly seen live in the morning

43 Hair goop

46 Martial arts level 47 Damsel

49 Battle site where Davy Crockett died

51 Singer Dylan has fun in the snow?

53 Change somewhat

55 “It’s a shame …”

56 Bit of legislation 57 Businessman Gates gets out of the poker game?

59 Zola who wrote “J’Accuse …!”

61 “So that’s how it is”

62 Fury

63 Printer powder

64 “___ of the d’Urbervilles” 65 Perfect world 66 Watermelon throwaways

DOWN

1 Rhinoplasty, informally 2 Mollusk with an iridescent inner shell

3 Wasting time 4 Quantity: Abbr. 5 Stores for future use 6 Date night staple 7 Apple tablets

8 Soup container

9 Bit of seaweed 10 Game recap figures 11 Words to songs 12 Dressed like RuPaul 13 Gobi or Mojave 19 Perfect world 22 Much-anticipated parts of Super Bowl broadcasts 25 “The Kiss” sculptor 28 Get in place for the camera 29 Large coffee vessel 32 Lowly laborer

33 Muff one

34 Month of many unhappy returns?

36 Fall asleep while watching TV, perhaps

37 “Today” show rival, for short 38 Spot for a football coach 41 Went by bicycle 42 a), b), c) and d), on a multiple-choice test 43 Stratagem

44 Fictional 6-year-old at the Plaza Hotel 45 Soup-serving utensils 47 Entrepreneur’s deg. 48 Listings in a calculation of one’s net worth

50 “And ___ to go before I sleep”: Robert Frost 51 Award earned by a scout 52 Elizabeth of the “Avengers” series

54 Time long gone

58 Boy in knickers, perhaps 60 Bartender on

“The Simpsons”