N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Admissions might give one away 10 Order at an osteria 15 Winner of the inaugural College Football Playoff 16 x + 0 = x, e.g. 17 Equal rights subject 19 Homer’s father 20 3-Down inventor’s inits. 21 Best Picture after “The Last Emperor” 22 Fearinducing phrase 25 Word with reel or rule 26 Scamps 28 Actress Michelle of “Crazy Rich Asians” 30 One showing firm leadership? 33 Early majorleague game setting 34 Destination of Muhammad in his Night Journey 36 Persian for “place of” 37 Skedaddle 38 “Dr. T and the Women” star, 2000 39 Squirt 41 Over 42 Conference member: Abbr. 43 Fixes 44 Wool sources 45 Late majorleague game setting: Abbr. 46 Those needing onboarding 48 “D’oh!” 52 British grandma 53 EWR alternative 56 Auto-mated things? 59 “M” or “Z” 60 Print source 61 Thwacks 62 Progress

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1 Thing: Sp. 2 Literary character likened to a “mute, maned sealion” 3 Reproductive system? 4 “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” pilot 5 Company whose headquarters were built from its own product 6 Unbelievable bargains 7 Ceilings 8 Site of some credit card skimming, for short 9 Flavor of some eau de vie 10 Lepers 11 Canceling 12 Neighbor of India and China on a Risk board 13 Senate coverage? 14 “Yes, exactly!” 18 Fricassee relative 23 Pompeii, e.g. 24 Narrow margin 26 Says harsh words? 27 The “o” of Verizon’s Fios 29 N.B.A. coach Spoelstra 30 New year, metaphorically 31 Like a howl at night 32 Howls at night, maybe 34 Relative of a .png file 35 College Station player 37 One looking for a hand 40 Scanned smartphone graphics 41 Requites 44 Like most of the Home Depot logo 45 “Come ___!” 47 Permanently 48 Ideologies 49 “Got milk?” 50 Part of 20-Across 51 Ride 54 Purchase 55 Cousins of garters 57 Through 58 L.C.D. forerunner