N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Matches, as a bet 5 Suffix with bachelor 9 Miss 13 Pinball game ender 14 Keisters 16 Mozart’s “Se vuol ballare,” for one 17 Neck of the woods 18 Very, in music 19 “Darn it all!” 20 Practical sort … or anagram #1 of the only seven letters used to make this puzzle 22 Ballpark gates 24 Times when the French go en vacances 25 Chasing Moby Dick, say 26 Brightest 1-Down in Aquila 29 Big celeb … or anagram #2 32 Bollywood wraps 33 Formal ceremonies 34 One of a pair of map coordinates: Abbr. 36 Awaken 37 Tennis great Monica 38 Meter maid of song 39 Asian new year 40 Animals rounded up in a roundup 41 Foodie, e.g. 42 Sells (for) … or anagram #3 44 Standing still 45 The black square chunk in front of 55-, 60- and 63-Across, and others 46 Actor Morales 47 Zionist’s homeland 50 More coarse … or anagram #4 54 Social reformer Jacob 55 Californie and others 58 “Dies ___” 59 Vogue rival 60 U. S. Grant rival 61 “He’d fly through the air with the greatest of ___” (old song lyric) 62 Suffix with prank or poll 63 “___ we forget …” 64 Concordes, for short

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1 Sky light 2 Blarney Stone land 3 Zeno’s home 4 Result of poor ventilation 5 Pink Pearl, for one 6 Things graded by 7-Down 7 See 6-Down 8 1970s political cause, for short 9 It may be thrown from a horse 10 ___ Sea (former fourthlargest lake in the world) 11 Babylon, for the ancient Hanging Gardens 12 Lip 15 Fraidy-cats 21 “That so?” 23 Thomas Hardy heroine 25 Take up or let out 26 Admin. aide 27 “See ya” 28 Like the invitation line “Be there or be square” 29 Roger formerly of Fox News 30 Crème de la crème 31 Deserves V.I.P. treatment 33 Predigital film units 35 Piquant 37 Ben of “Tower Heist” 38 They come along once in a blue moon 40 Store window sign 41 List-ending abbr. 43 Come-on 44 How tableware is often sold 46 ___ Park, Colo. 47 Seriously vexes 48 Delta deposit 49 Vex 51 Nest eggs for the golden yrs. 52 Big ___ Conference 53 Roger who played a part on “Cheers” 56 Certain util. bill 57 Stein filler