The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Fire proof? 4 Midsection section, informally 7 Bad break 14 Pop singer known for performing in a faceobscuring wig 15 Sch. whose campus contains Washington Square Park 16 Core 17 “Lookout” signal, in brief 18 “Come now, it’ll be OK” 20 Carmichael who composed “Heart and Soul” 22 Letter after pi 23 Wallet items 24 Body feature for roughly 90% of people 25 McKellen who played Gandalf 26 Online help page, for short 28 Young newt 29 Health class subj. 30 Slip past 33 Anybody home? 35 This, in Spanish 36 Farm cry 37 Put numbers on the board 38 “Wowza!” 39 Nickname for the Miami Dolphins, with “the” 40 Certain recyclable 41 U.K. honour 42 ___ Stardust, alter ego of David Bowie 43 Rose Granger-Weasley, to Harry Potter 44 Word on either side of “à” 45 Rose of rock 46 Bench with a back 47 Main ingredient in the Japanese dish tamagoyaki 48 Requirements 51 Easy ___ 53 Onetime Russian space station 54 “My take is ...” 55 1948 western starring Bob Hope as “Painless” Potter 58 Sign 59 Budget carrier from 1993 to 2014 60 Message often written in large letters 61 Suffix with Gator 62 Actress Angela of “How Stella Got Her Groove Back” 63 Weed 64 The “S” of iOS: Abbr.

DOWN

1 Japan’s largest beer brand 2 Nurse, as a beer 3 They can rate up to 350,000 on the Scoville scale 4 “Nevertheless … look at our current situation” 5 Party invite inits. 6 Grass-roots group focused on addressing climate change 7 Difficult to understand 8 G.I. entertainers 9 The Spartans of the N.C.A.A. 10 Letters on the “3” button 11 Performer known as the “King of Latin Pop” 12 Performed very well on 13 “I’m game” 19 Exclamation upon seeing this puzzle 21 Priceless keepsakes? 26 Mo. during which the N.B.A. All-Star Game is usually played 27 Good as new 31 “Shoot!” 32 Website with much customdesigned jewelry 33 Channel owned by Disney 34 Dark purple fruit 42 Most out there 49 Hunky-dory 50 Comedian Wanda 51 Open ___ (plan to pay later) 52 Like the majority of Iraqis and Bahrainis 56 Pull-up muscle, for short 57 Soft murmur