The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 ___ Newton

(cookie)

4 Salty water

9 In ___ land

(dreaming) 13 Many a craft

brew, in brief 14 Just before the

weekend

15 Big name in

polo shirts 16 Alternative to

Zumba

18 ___ pro quo 19 “Don’t get any

funny ___” 20 Ad ___

committee 21 Opportunities to play in games

22 Govt. org. with a classified budget 24 Chevy S.U.V. 26 Donated 29 Where to order

a Blizzard 34 Poem of tribute 35 Trader ___ (restaurant eponym) 36 Break into with

intent to steal 37 Illegally

downloaded 40 Early offering,

as of goods 41 More

sunburned 42 Mai ___

(cocktail) 43 “Look what I

___!” 44 Supposed means of communication with the dead 46 Employs 47 When some

local news airs 48 ... —- ... 50 Construction

details

53 Like many HDTVs, in brief 55 Change with

the times 59 Interlaced

threads 60 Biggest city in

South Dakota 62 Like, with “to” 63 Noted portrait photographer Anne

64 Place to apply

ChapStick 65 What ice cubes do in the hot sun

66 Lock of

hair

67 What the circled letters all mean

Down

1 Country whose name is a brand of bottled water

2 Apple

tablet

3 Fixed look 4 “I’m f-ffreezing!”

5 Like the 1% 6 Nonsensical 7 Daytona 500

acronym

8 CBS logo 9 Kahlúa and

Sambuca 10 Côte d’___ (French Riviera)

11 Cut of a pork

roast

12 Puts two and two together, say

14 Admit, with

“up”

17 Grey who

wrote “Riders of the Purple Sage”

21 Chef’s hat 23 Most words

ending in “-ly” 25 Cars with gas/electric engines 26 Lose one’s amateur status

27 Fancy

goodbye 28 Giuseppe who composed “Rigoletto” 30 Assistance 31 “Holy

smokes!” 32 Singer

Goulding 33 Food, water

and air

38 Next (to) 39 Things milking machines attach to 40 Number on a miniature golf card 42 Some reading for an I.R.S. auditor 45 Slicker

46 Meatinspecting org. 49 Ham-handed

sorts 50 Participated in the first third of a triathlon 51 Rude touch 52 “Don’t be ___”

(Google motto) 54 Clothing,

informally 56 Friend in a

conflict

57 Ballet bend 58 Measures of salt and sugar: Abbr.

60 One crying “Hup, two, three, four!”: Abbr.

61 Critical marks on treasure maps