The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Triumph of diplomacy 5 Not do much of anything

9 Norse trickster 13 Lunge toward

15 1992 Brendan Fraser film about a thawed Cro- Magnon

17 “The Tortoise and the

Hare,” e. g. 18 Shorelines 19 Framework for vines 21 Twosome on TMZ 22 Muscleman of “The

A- Team”

23 “___ and improved!” 25 It’s the place to be 29 “___ of the tongue leads to that of the heart”: Jefferson 32 ___ Grande

33 Auto pound, for one 35 Totally dominate, in

slang

36 “Let me see &”

37 The girl in the Disney

song “Kiss the Girl” 38 So- called “twin killings” in baseball, for short

39 Celebrate wildly 40 Some whiskeys

41 One who brushes off a

plate, informally 42 Clears one’s mind,

with “up”

43 Wok, for one

44 Bubble gum in 1906,

e. g. 46 Behind financially 48 ___ Speed Wagon ( old truck) 49 Military installations: Abbr. 51 Fish with long jaws 53 Certain female baby on a farm 56 Response to “Objection!,” maybe 60 Writing that can get you in trouble 61 Woolworth’s, once 62 Gal’s guy 63 Object of dirty looks? 64 Circle in the game hangman 65 Actor Rogen

DOWN

1 [ Fizzle]

2 Raise the ___

3 Chat room pal 4 Accounts of Paul Bunyan, say

5 Tenant

6 Ariana Grande’s “___

Last Time”

7 Berry in a purple

smoothie

8 Section of a bookstore 9 Rich soils 10 Meditation syllables 11 Kit ___ bar

12 Outs’ opposites

14 No. on a business card 16 On and on and on 20 Part of M. I. T.: Abbr. 24 Burger King offering A- swems below 26 Like something that really shouldn’t have happened 27 Edmonton N. H. L.’ er 28 Things most interstates don’t have 30 “OMG, I’m dying!” 31 Reactions to slugs 33 Wrist bones 34 Early Indo- European 36 It’s spun by mendacious people & or a hint to the shaded answers 38 Org. staffed by sloths in “Zootopia” 39 Key piece in French chess 41 Fabrication 42 Put away for safekeeping 44 Some building beams 45 “Thanks, I ___ that” 47 Source of beautiful plumes 50 Refine, as metal 52 Liqueur flavor 54 One with pointy shoes and ears 55 Meh- feeling 56 Some drug cases, for short 57 Liveliness 58 Fast runner Down Under 59 Elizabethan ___