3/28/16 Answer New York Times Crossword

3/28/16
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1D
Like rock music from the 1950s-’70s, now
CLASSIC

2D
Tax fraud investigator
AUDITOR

3D
Something a long-distance runner needs
STAMINA

4D
Encircle
HEM IN

5D
___ Lee of Marvel Comics
STAN

6D
Cut (off)
LOP

7D
Painter/poet Jean ___
ARP

8D
Gourmet’s heightened sense
PALATE

9D
Curly’s replacement in the Three Stooges
SHEMP

10D
Sunflowers and “Water Lilies”
PAINTINGS

11D
In a plane or train
ON BOARD

12D
Opposite of a bench player
STARTER

13D
His counterpart
HER

18D
Multigenerational tale
SAGA

22D
Early caucusgoer
IOWAN

24D
Aesop character who lost a race
HARE

25D
Shape of a stop sign
OCTAGON

26D
Appreciative poem
ODE

29D
Easy-to-chew food
PAP

32D
Nitty-gritty
BARE BONES

36D
One of two on a bike
PEDAL

37D
Capital of Peru
LIMA

38D
Any port ___ storm
IN A

39D
Used a bench
SAT

40D
Bring home the bacon, so to speak
PROVIDE

41D
Encroach (on)
IMPINGE

44D
Sweet land of liberty, in song
AMERICA

45D
Did a stylized ballroom dance
TANGOED

46D
Widens
EXTENDS

48D
Was almost out of supplies
RAN LOW

49D
Finding ___ (2003 Pixar film)
NEMO

52D
When one sees stars
NIGHT

54D
Open to bribery
VENAL

56D
Channel that describes itself as “The worldwide leader in sports”
ESPN

57D
Hat with a tassel
FEZ

59D
Jungle swinger
APE

60D
Begin litigation
SUE

1C
Bills and coins
CASH

5C
Light punishment on wrists
SLAPS

10C
Sumptuously furnished
POSH

14C
Pear-shaped stringed instrument
LUTE

15C
Hebrew school reading
TORAH

16C
Throw a chip in the pot
ANTE

17C
Bump on the neck
ADAM’S APPLE

19C
Letter-shaped girder
I-BAR

20C
Like monkeys and 59-Downs
SIMIAN

21C
Key with no sharps or flats
A MINOR

23C
What angry bees do
STING

24C
Issue that’s too dangerous to touch
HOT POTATO

27C
Charged particle
ION

28C
Quickly
APACE

30C
Connected to the Internet
WIRED

31C
Constant complainer
CRAB

33C
State-of-the-___
ART

34C
Tennis champ Agassi
ANDRE

35C
Winsome … or like the ends of 17-, 24-, 51- and 58-Across, to a punster?
APPEALING

39C
Steeple
SPIRE

42C
Sloe ___ fizz
GIN

43C
Completely gratify
SATE

47C
Having a gun
ARMED

48C
Like the numerals I, V, X and L
ROMAN

50C
Highest setting, informally
MAX

51C
Grand pooh-bah
TOP BANANA

53C
100-meter dash or shot put
EVENT

55C
Itzhak Perlman’s instrument
VIOLIN

56C
Come out
EMERGE

57C
Huckleberry ___
FINN

58C
Hand-blown wine bottle that’s also the title of a 1968 Beatles song
GLASS ONION

61C
Favorable margin
EDGE

62C
Increase the energy of
HOP UP

63C
Scored 100 on
ACED

64C
Sleep indicators in the comics
ZEES

65C
Many a middle schooler
TWEEN

66C
Young fellows
LADS