THE NEWYORK TIMES

ACROSS 1 A ewe for you, say 6 Mideast’s Gulf

of ___ 11 Swelling reducer 14 Popped up 15 Some bonds, for

short 16 Yule drink 17 Was barely victorious, as in boxing 19 Brooklyn Brown or Newcastle Brown 20 Storage unit 21 Diplomacy 22 Hershey coconut bar 24 Mavens 26 Cole Porter song from “Kiss Me, Kate” 28 Not for kids, say 30 Acquires the film rights to 31 Target numbers 34 Saturn S.U.V. 35 Baseball rarities nowadays … or a phonetic hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, 48- and 57-Across 39 ___-lactovegetarian 40 More blue 41 Ones who never

listen to oldies? 44 Big name in oil 48 As something different to do 51 Mediterranean tourist attraction 52 Bo’s’n’s quarters 53 Oil or kerosene 55 Bit of work 56 Swear words? 57 Opposite of “consumed daintily” 60 Stephen of “V for Vendetta” 61 Tender spots 62 How many times the little hand goes around in a full day 63 Strongman player on “The A-Team” 64 Not quite a strike 65 Possessed

DOWN 1 Where to order oysters 2 Beethoven’s Third 3 Lift : elevator :: ___ : car hood 4 Mil. morale booster 5 On its way 6 Gas brand with a torch in its logo 7 World capital at 9,350 feet 8 “Commonwealth” novelist Patchett 9 Computer image

file format 10 Put into categories 11 60 minutes from now 12 Brewskis 13 Casts out 18 Do beat work 23 Everything, with

“the” 25 Forest giants 27 Given medicine 29 Do some voice work 32 Actress Thompson 33 “Caught ya!” 35 Often-naive reformer 36 Garment left in a cloakroom 37 Magazine with an Agency of the Year award 38 “Zip-a-___-DooDah” 41 Validate 42 High-end Mercedes line 43 Lonely place, so they say 45 Substitute (for) 46 How curry dishes are often served 47 Pestered 49 A Lion, but not a Tiger, informally 50 External appearance 54 Jared of “Dallas Buyers Club” 58 ___ of Good Feelings 59 “So cute!”