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Fri, May 16, 2014 by NYTimes

Across

  1. 1. Director in "A Chorus Line"
  2. 5. Pistol packer in a 1943 #1 hit
  3. 9. Make eyes pop and jaws drop
  4. 14. Paradoxical assertion, perhaps
  5. 15. Writer of the 644-line poem "Ibis"
  6. 16. Stage
  7. 17. Seasonal servings
  8. 18. 1969 Rolling Stones album
  9. 20. Like some long flights
  10. 22. Part of une fraternité
  11. 23. He called the U.S. pres. a "glorified public relations man"
  12. 24. Abbr. on some clothing tags
  13. 27. Part of a filled-out survey: Abbr.
  14. 29. Admiral who bombarded Tahiti in 1914
  15. 30. It often results in changes across the board
  16. 38. 1959 hit with the lyric "One day I feel so happy, next day I feel so sad"
  17. 39. At any price
  18. 40. Not meant for specialists
  19. 41. Some Blu-ray players
  20. 42. First of 66 books: Abbr.
  21. 43. Fix
  22. 44. Couch problem
  23. 47. March Madness, with "the"
  24. 51. Charges at the door
  25. 55. Swan song
  26. 58. "Who ___?"
  27. 59. Emmy-winning Ed
  28. 60. The "O" in F. A. O. Schwarz
  29. 61. Looking up
  30. 62. Nelson Mandela's mother tongue
  31. 63. Sound heard during a heat wave
  32. 64. Event with touches

Down

  1. 1. Corrosion-preventing coating
  2. 2. Not very affable
  3. 3. With 56-Down, refuse to be cleaned out from a poker game?
  4. 4. Literature Nobelist before Gide
  5. 5. Stream on the side of a mountain, perhaps
  6. 6. Car name that's Latin for "desire"
  7. 7. McConnell of the Senate
  8. 8. "Peace out"
  9. 9. Black-and-white transmissions, briefly?
  10. 10. Like most brain neurons
  11. 11. Had a beef?
  12. 12. Actress Kazan or Kravitz
  13. 13. One may get a pass
  14. 19. Picture on a chest, for short?
  15. 21. They often spot people
  16. 25. Withdraw
  17. 26. Minor parish officers
  18. 28. Jason of "How I Met Your Mother"
  19. 29. Five to nine, maybe, but not nine to five
  20. 30. Big bass, in fishing lingo
  21. 31. Ones remaining
  22. 32. Activity that proceeds hand to hand?
  23. 33. Heart-to-hearts
  24. 34. ___ Jon (fashion label)
  25. 35. "Give me ___"
  26. 36. Product for young string players?
  27. 37. Ones remaining
  28. 44. Good name for a worrywart?
  29. 45. Achilles' undoing
  30. 46. Wayne's pal in "Wayne's World"
  31. 48. Extremely excited
  32. 49. Ancient master of didacticism
  33. 50. Pick up
  34. 52. Drag racers' governing grp.
  35. 53. ___ Grey, alter ego of Marvel's X-Man
  36. 54. Extraocular annoyance
  37. 55. Like some oversight
  38. 56. See 3-Down
  39. 57. ___-cone

This puzzle was published on Friday, May 16, 2014 in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. Edited by Will Shortz.

— NYTimes

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