The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 ___ 500 6 Building manager, informally 10 Mimics Nicki Minaj 14 Role for Nichelle Nichols and Zoë Saldana 15 Sue at Chicago’s Field Museum, e.g. 16 Glow 17 Seminal William S. Burrows novel, 1959 19 Proof of purchase 20 Tar 21 Galaxy competitor 23 Adolph Coors or Frederick Pabst 26 Crown ___ 29 “Te ___” (Spanish words of affection) 30 Big name in cosmetics 31 Corporate bigs 32 Actress ___ Dawn Chong 35 Start of a citation 36 Samurai swords 38 Car company that sponsors the World Cup 39 Before, in odes 40 Sty occupants 41 Some marsh flora 43 Spinning 45 Help to cover 46 “The fault lies here” 49 Comics title character who says “Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery” 50 Folds 53 Instead 54 Pittsburgh is its most populous city 58 Manipulative sort 59 Ring bearers 60 Special ops force 61 Super Bowl LIII winners, informally 62 Course obstacle 63 Defaults?
Down
1 Tanning agent 2 “Eureka!” moments 3 Quickly heat up 4 Fantasized 5 Emmynominated host of “Top Chef” 6 ___ double 7 Spigot site 8 Something a bodybuilder might flex, informally 9 Case opener 10 Breakfast quantity 11 Bodybuilder? 12 Trim 13 Fencing piece 18 Miss 22 Certain P.R., in two different senses 24 In an even manner 25 Remains 26 Say mockingly 27 “Do I ___!” 28 “Good to go!” 31 Rant and rave 33 Fictional Ethiopian princess 34 “Careful now” 37 Put off 42 Erased 44 Equivocates 45 Farmer’s place, in song 46 Freeze 47 Lightweight wood 48 Sudden movement 51 Muay ___ (martial art) 52 It may be fine in a stream 55 Plague 56 ___-brained 57 Intensifying suffix, in modern slang