The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Stubb was his second mate
5 Things attached
to spines: Abbr.
8 Blowback
12 Prep for a launch, in a way
14 Shell company?
15 Concept in holistic medicine
16 Marimba lookalike
18 Absolute ___ (big and strong person, in modern slang)
19 *taps watch anxiously*
21 A.P. subj.
22 Deep-fried bite
23 "Othello" character who laments "Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation!"
24 New face at the Academy
28 The Alhambra in Spain, for one
31 When doubled, "Shame!"
33 Gist
34 Pie choice
36 Blue character in Pixar's "Inside Out"
38 Onetime magazine that covered science fiction
39 Put together
41 Acclaimed bandleader who grew up in Spanish Harlem
42 Intended
44 Dances for which girls do the asking, informally
46 Was pleasurable
48 Moo follower
51 Explanation for a sudden change of plans
55 Name that anagrams to a shape
56 Zoetrope creations
57 Bound for the big stage?
58 Challenging item for a mover
59 Dodge
60 Locale in a Beatles song
61 Unspecified amount
62 Unspecified amount
Down
1 Remedy after a night out, perhaps
2 Gardner of "Saturday Night Live"
3 Superior sort?
4 Cutting insult
5 "Show me"
6 Giving
7 Hard work, so to speak
8 Major rifts
9 Swedish city where Scandinavia's first university was founded (1425)
10 Bizet's "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle," for one
11 TV journalist ___ Tur
13 Dystopian sci-fi film of 1997
14 Has a chinwag
17 Futuristic weapons
20 Hack (off)
23 Cooped-up feeling
25 ___ Prairie, Minn.
26 Choice
27 Let off the gas, with "up"
28 Springtime event, typically
29 "Alas!"
30 Sister of Sol, in myth
32 Cassava product
35 Surprise, F.B.I.-style
37 Concern for a library patron or expectant parent
40 Blow up
43 Holiday celebrated with lion dancing
45 1999 comedy in which Alanis Morissette plays God
47 Asian capital WSW of 48Down
48 Asian capital ENE of 47Down
49 Bill with Ben Franklin on it, slangily
50 Discountenanced
51 Korea's national drink
52 Estadio exclamations
53 Gymnastics equipment
54 Actress Kunis