THE NYT

ACROSS

1 Fix 5 Sauna garment 9 Needing a new muffler, say 14 Jessica of “Dark Angel” 15 Isle of exile 16 When prompted 17 MOUNTAINS TICK OFF TOY DOGS 20 Honshu honorific 21 Has control of 22 Caricatures and such 23 “Now or never” time 25 Netflix menu heading 28 SOUTH AFRICANS ARE UNEXCITED BY SWINE 32 Big name in fancy chocolates 33 Give ___ of approval 34 Play about Capote 35 Piece of Slate, e. g. 36 Sex columnist Savage 37 Crime in much insurance fraud 39 ___ brown 40 “Pics ___ didn’t happen” (“Where’s the proof?!”) 41 ___ poker ( dollar bill game) 42 COUPLES PEEL FRUIT 46 Cost of maintenance 47 ___ grease 48 Antiquity, in the past 49 Shrek, e. g. 51 Any of T. S. Eliot’s “practical” creatures 54 PASTORAL POEMS INCAPACITATE TEEN FAVES 59 Author Zora ___ Hurston 60 One sleeping “in the jungle, the mighty jungle,” in song 61 ___ Major 62 Lecherous goat- man 63 Didn’t spoil 64 Sign of spoilage

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1 Chumps 2 “Don’t shoot!,” e. g. 3 Final order from the captain 4 Tibetan source of butter 5 Makes good on 6 Lena of “Havana” 7 Tailgaters’ activities, for short 8 La mer contents 9 “You got it” 10 Pugilistic combo 11 “E- e- e- ew!” 12 Boy of song who hated his name 13 Sycophant’s standard reply 18 Wisenheimer 19 Like fur seals 24 “___ means nothing” ( 1918 manifesto declaration) 25 Any of three literary sisters 26 Becomes worthy of the Guinness Book, say 27 Rarities for Gold Glove winners 28 Guinea-___ ( West African nation) 29 Unjust verdict 30 Radio booth sign 31 Catches some rays 32 Grand jeté, e. g. 37 Kosygin of Russia 38 Iranian currency 40 Printed points of view, for short 43 Singer with the 1994 hit “Bump n’ Grind” 44 Many a Craigslist user 45 PepsiCo, to Frito- Lay 49 Often- kicked comics canine 50 Zero- star fare 52 “In addition …” 53 Pre- 1917 autocrat 54 Networkers’ hopes 55 Bust- making org. 56 China’s Sun ___- sen 57 Kind 58 Indigo Girls, e. g.