The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Reference for a geography

buff

6 Pie ___ mode

9 Male turkey

12 Landline, e.g.

13 Some nest eggs, for short 14 Chucklehead

15 Tubular pasta variety 16 Profit-sharing reward,

perhaps

18 “In ___ of flowers …” 19 “Outstanding” obligation 20 “If only!”

21 Unpredictable

23 Signify

25 Make-up specialist? 26 Being risked, as in a

gambler’s bet

30 Circle or hexagon

33 Forever and a day, say 35 First-century Roman poet 36 Hiking trails

37 Fuss and fanfare

38 About one-third of

Hispaniola, areawise 39 Navy’s football rival 40 Spine-tingling sign of things

to come

41 Liability’s opposite 42 Oopsies

44 Heroic saga

46 “How sweet it ___ be loved

by you” (James Taylor lyric) 47 Comes through the door 51 Girl in Wonderland

54 The “C” of T.L.C.

56 Where outdoor Christmas

lights may be hung 57 Flimflammer

59 Museum wing, perhaps 60 ___ eye (glare said to bring

bad luck)

61 Rubber ducky’s domain 62 What the nose knows

63 Cry between “ready” and

“go”

64 Thrilla in Manila boxer 65 Brats and gnats

DOWN

1 Orchard fruit

2 “A League of ___ Own”

3 Solitary sort

4 *Routine medical checkup

5 “Get it?”

6 Many a Yemeni

7 *Whom one might not marry no matter what!

8 Pompeii fallout

9 “Beloved” author Morrison

10 Magnum ___ (masterpiece)

11 Fit together, as gearwheel teeth

13 *“Cool” get-together with cones and scoops

14 Implementable with expertise and expert ease … or how the starred clues’ answers can be taken? 17 Lack of objectivity

19 ___ de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)

22 Casual Friday castoffs

24 Aliens, in brief

27 “We try harder” car rental company

28 High-flying toy

29 One way to reduce one’s sentence?

30 Junk email

31 Tortoise’s rival in a fable

32 Banking conveniences, for short

34 Poem of exaltation 38 Let-down for Rapunzel?

40 Make a choice

43 Tech support seeker, typically

45 Lead-in to fix or fabricate

48 Barn toppers

49 The Met Gala, e.g.

50 Some risqué communiqués

51 Prized blackjack cards

52 Zero, in tennis

53 Not out of the running

55 Italian vino region

58 Pending, on a sched.

59 Venomous serpent in “Antony and Cleopatra”