The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Zip it, with “up” 5 “___ luego”

(Spanish “bye”) 10 Play group

14 Vex

15 Brilliance 16 Símbolo del infinito, rotated 90°

17 Wild goat with

curved horns 18 “Oh, cool!” 19 Secret spot for a

secret plot 20 People person? 23 Happy, now 24 Ensler who created “The Vagina Monologues” 25 Path

27 Show disdain, in

a way

31 River of song 34 Bill promoting

science 36 Hawaiian crop threatened by the apple snail 37 Activity for some big game hunters?

40 Brain wave

41 Ad ___

42 The ties that

bind?

43 Makes a house a

home, say

45 Sign of bad service 47 Something to be

filed, in brief 49 Stretches for the

rest of us? 53 Tale’s end, often 57 Parallel (to) 58 Like the mood fostered by “Waiting for Godot” 59 Always

60 Shoe with holes 61 Robot maid on

“The Jetsons” 62 Mineral used in

drywall

63 Funny McKinnon 64 Pretentiously

creative 65 Rogen who played the other Steve in 2015’s “Steve Jobs”

DOWN

1 English chip 2 Run down illegally

3 Echo voice 4 Performance

with a sombrero 5 Rare find, in an

idiom

6 Winning blackjack hand 7 Impressive

bucket challenge 8 “Later, alligator!”

9 Make up

10 Rare comics and

vintage dolls, e.g. 11 Food pronounced

in three syllables 12 Pen knife?

13 Rent

21 Settings for squirrels, at times

22 Colorado N.H.L.

team, casually 26 Word with catching or popping 28 They may throw

shade

29 Not busy 30 Hold the ___ 31 Tibia

32 ___-leg jeans 33 Forever and a

day

35 Tool for closing a

window 38 Chicago’s ___

Center

39 Boston and San Francisco, but not Denver 44 Martian day (24 hours, 39 minutes and 35 seconds) 46 Religious adherents governed by the Universal House of Justice

48 One with a

forked tongue 50 You might catch this when seated with other people

51 Put up

52 Red wine

variety

53 Name on a truck 54 Garden plant in the mallow family

55 Gigglefest 56 Rosa, tulipán or

jazmín