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Wed, Feb 25, 2015 by NYTimes

Across

  1. 1. Part of "rico" or "roja"
  2. 8. Lives in a cell?
  3. 14. Like the praying mantis, anatomically [weird, but true]
  4. 16. Goofs
  5. 17. Guaranteed to succeed
  6. 18. Covets
  7. 19. Bit of smoke
  8. 21. 1,000 kilogrammes
  9. 22. Midwest capital #1
  10. 28. Take on
  11. 29. Many radio songs after Thanksgiving
  12. 30. Think up
  13. 32. Where to find some very sick individuals, for short
  14. 33. U.F.O. shape
  15. 37. Midwest capital #2
  16. 40. Samberg formerly of "S.N.L."
  17. 41. "So ___ me"
  18. 42. In a way
  19. 43. Like early visitors to modern Nova Scotia
  20. 45. Illustration on many a birth announcement
  21. 46. Midwest capital #3
  22. 51. Location for patient information
  23. 52. Wee bit
  24. 53. Junta, e.g.
  25. 55. Carpal tunnel syndrome preventer
  26. 61. Flabbergasts
  27. 62. Stellar student's boast
  28. 63. Group of people living together
  29. 64. What a yellow flag may signify

Down

  1. 1. Mythical bird with an enormous wingspan
  2. 2. Lead-in to date or dare
  3. 3. Spy novelist Deighton
  4. 4. Chair umpire's call
  5. 5. Suffix with arbor
  6. 6. Be overwhelmed
  7. 7. Terminate a contract ... or extend it
  8. 8. First prez to sport a beard
  9. 9. Their days are numbered
  10. 10. Final stanza in a poem
  11. 11. Life form
  12. 12. Sports venue
  13. 13. German steel city
  14. 15. Midwest capital #4
  15. 20. Musical composition
  16. 22. Boxer Ali
  17. 23. Computer extra
  18. 24. Constantly
  19. 25. Constantly daydreaming, say
  20. 26. Leave ___ the pros
  21. 27. Black suit
  22. 31. Symbol on the flag de Argentina
  23. 33. Game of motor precision that, strangely enough, is often played while inebriated
  24. 34. Playground retort
  25. 35. Women's tennis garment
  26. 36. "The Trial" author
  27. 38. Paavo ___, the Flying Finn of 1920s Olympics
  28. 39. Jack's love in "Titanic"
  29. 43. Eggnog ingredient
  30. 44. Catch
  31. 46. "Get lost!"
  32. 47. Principal melody
  33. 48. Polytheistic
  34. 49. Trevor of the N.B.A.
  35. 50. Like Little Red Riding Hood
  36. 54. Las Vegas-to-Austin dir.
  37. 56. V.I.P. on the Hill: Abbr.
  38. 57. Singing syllable
  39. 58. Hang out, with "around"
  40. 59. F.B.I. employee: Abbr.
  41. 60. Susan of old TV's "The Partridge Family"

This puzzle was published on Wednesday, Feb 25, 2015 in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. Edited by Will Shortz.

— NYTimes

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