The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Cannery row? 5 Bad, slangily 9 Diamond club 12 Inter ___ 13 Supermodel Hadid 14 Japanese noodle 15 “Everlasting” candy from Willy Wonka 17 Intl. financial giant headquartered in London 18 Take another take 19 Schoolyard retort 21 Some reactions to puppies and babies 22 Teeny-tiny futuristic machines 24 Really out there, as humor 27 What follows hump day: Abbr. 29 Alternative to Sure or Secret 30 Top Olympian 31 How some coincidences occur 33 For 36 Singer Carly ___ Jepsen 37 Like some fake nails 38 Good wood for whiskey barrels 39 Costly Super Bowl purchases 40 Some parts of archipelagoes 41 Sports org. associated with the Evian Championship 42 Bygone M&M color 44 The “E” of Q.E.D. 45 “My word!” 46 Tale of woe 49 Michael Jackson’s first #1 hit (about a rat!) 51 “Take only ___, leave only footprints” (nature slogan) 52 Spend a night in the slammer, perhaps 56 2019 #1 album for Tyler, the Creator 57 2013 Best Musical Tony winner … with a hint to this puzzle’s theme 60 Lord High Executioner in “The Mikado” 61 “We have the meats” fast-food chain 62 Finds a function for 63 Readers of mss. 64 Risqué 65 Class struggle?
DOWN
1 Hockey great Jaromir 2 Balm ingredient 3 BBQ offering 4 Walks ostentatiously 5 Was lachrymose 6 Jungfrau, e.g. 7 Cavaliers, on scoreboards 8 DKNY’s Donna 9 Orchestra once conducted by John Williams 10 Man with a mission? 11 Choco ___ (ice cream treats) 13 Some vaccine shots 14 Biblical queendom 16 Emergency AAA request 20 One-named singer with the 2010 hit “Dancing on My Own” 22 Supplier of garden supplies 23 Record label for Barry Manilow and Whitney Houston 24 Cornell who founded Cornell 25 Kaput 26 Places to sign in in inns 28 Ward ___ (old political operative) 32 “Peter Pan” group 34 Indian music composition 35 “I guess so” 37 Spotted horse 41 Hard hit that doesn’t result in a base hit 43 Houston baseballer 46 Hard hit in volleyball 47 “Good heavens!” 48 Schindler of “Schindler’s List” 50 What high tides eventually do 52 Big vodka brand 53 Flower for a valentine 54 Pac-12 squad 55 “Hey … you!” 58 Kaplan of indie rock’s Yo La Tengo 59 Network for “Frasier” and “Friends”