The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Bay of Pigs locale 5 Constricting snakes 9 Actor who’s the opposite of subtle

12 “Moby- Dick” captain 13 Large group on the move 14 Drink such as Pepsi 15 Justice’s garb 16 Designation on many a

driver’s license

18 Bashful

19 Holder for coffee or beer 20 Attics

21 Farm building with a loft 23 Giant … with four of the five letters of “giant” 24 Bright, sunny area of a house

27 Setting at the prime meridian, for short 30 Pealed

31 “No more seats,” in brief 32 Uncritically enthusiastic,

colloquially

34 Confess ( to)

36 Fruit in Newton cookies 38 Leather for fine gloves 39 Disdainful looks

41 Seoul automaker

43 Kind of ball that’s

supersoft

44 President after F. D. R. 45 Launch vehicle for many NASA missions

48 Miley who played Hannah Montana

49 ___ scale ( rater of mineral hardness)

50 Insects that may emerge after 17 years

53 Play-___ ( toy clay) 54 Boat that sailed while it rained for 40 days and nights

57 Ringlet on a salon floor 59 Bit of evidence for Sherlock 60 Author Rice who created the

vampire Lestat

61 Pro Football Hall- of- Fame

QB John

62 Like pie, it’s said

63 “Gangnam Style” musician 64 Salon colorings 65 Dedicated poems

DOWN

1 Autos

2 “This doesn’t look good …” 3 Wee one’s sun protection 4 “Honest” president

5 Tennis champ Bjorn

6 Dot follower in a nonprofit’s

web address

7 In slow tempo

8 One of 100 on the Hill 9 Sharpen

10 Oodles

11 Destination of the rover

Perseverance

13 Hunting dogs

14 ___ on the cob

17 Serious stage plays 19 Hosp. scan

22 Bicker

23 Groups of three

24 Next year’s soph

25 Things to be mowed 26 Doggie’s sound

27 Colorful dish with olives and

feta cheese

28 Mother: Sp.

29 Larceny

33 Intuitive feeling

35 “Yes, proceed!,” quaintly 37 Graduates of basic training,

informally

40 Machine- gunned from the

air

42 Weapons storehouse

46 In profusion, as plant growth 47 “This is so- o- o amazing!” 48 What you can’t have and eat,

too, it’s said

50 Applaud

51 Charged particles

52 Big Apple school inits.

53 “Buenos ___”

55 Sly stratagem

56 Typically lost items that are “found” in the starts of 16-, 24-, 45- and 57- Across 58 Wonderment

59 Corporate biggie