NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Note: The completed puzzle conceals the name of a famous composer, along with something that might help you listen to him. Who and what are they?

ACROSS

1 Help during the fall? 8 Spanish hotel 15 Venting, e.g. 16 Hardin-Simmons University setting 17 N.L. East city 18 Branded 19 Neo-___ 20 Touching things in competitions 22 Web developer’s development 23 Shipload 24 Like some veal chops 26 Hardly fresh 27 It’s not on the level 29 Ed basics 30 Give a kick? 32 Small grouse 33 Wiretapper, e.g. 34 Specifies 35 Healthful juice source 36 Kind of mitt 37 Thrill-seeker’s appurtenance 38 Nap sack 41 Girl in a gown 42 Fluff 43 Stuff of life 44 Virtual connection? 47 ___ Lan (giant panda born at the 17-Across zoo) 48 Soaked (in) 51 The Eagle, e.g. 52 That right introduction? 54 Third-largest city of Switzerland 55 Car once advertised with the slogan “The relentless pursuit of common sense” 56 Bubkes 58 Cabinet part 60 Last new Beatles track before their split in 1970 61 Loose, in a way 62 Wraps around the shoulders 63 Big name in shoe stores

DOWN

1 Accords 2 Update at the factory 3 Home office convenience 4 Difficult thing to do, informally 5 Smoking ___ 6 Flower whose name derives from the shape of its cluster 7 Some farm equipment 8 Light-colored and medium-sweet 9 Mortify 10 Leaf part 11 Stout cousins? 12 1966 Pulitzer-winning Edward Albee play, with “A” 13 Common rating scale 14 All-nighters? 21 Role in 1993’s “Tombstone” 24 Those who may accept tips 25 Figured out 28 Renaissance artist ___ della Francesca 31 Kept going 35 Tedious 37 Expressive and quick-witted sorts, they say 38 Fashions 39 Much of binary code 40 Like a boxer’s hands during sparring, maybe 45 Beguilers 46 Sets securely 49 Something to gnaw on 50 “The Vampire Diaries” protagonist 53 Writer Janowitz 55 It makes an impression 57 Place for a piercing 59 Work, as a proposal