The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Parent of

Shopping.com 5 Stage that may

have bugs 9 Untrue 14 Composer

Bartók

15 The “Iliad” or

the “Odyssey” 16 Online business 17 Bob Dylan song that was a #2 hit for Peter, Paul & Mary

20 Aid for making

signs

21 Dishes created at restaurant “bars” 22 Power-hungry people have big ones

24 Achy

25 Sly signal 30 Casual hellos 33 O’Brien of late

night TV 34 Angsty music

genre

35 Result of a

fender bender 36 Person with log-in information 37 Quilting or

embroidery 39 Between ports 40 Resource from

a bog 41 Sarcastic laugh

syllable 42 Some shapes

on lab slides 43 Requirement for a background check, for short 44 Device for pulling a vehicle 47 Release, as a

single 49 Ephron who co-wrote and directed “Sleepless in Seattle” 50 Canadian dollar

coin

52 Some musical

compositions 57 Circumstance that’s good for everyone … with a hint to 17-, 25- and 44-Across

59 D sharp

equivalent 60 Dicing food or turning on the oven, e.g. 61 Prefix with

potent 62 “Gypsy” composer Jule 63 Snoozes 64 Take a Tinder match offline, say

Down

1 Flows’ opposite 2 It’s a cinch 3 Burn soother 4 [That is so

boring!] 5 Harmless

6 Last words 7 ___ Woodman

(visitor to Oz) 8 Things separated by intermissions 9 “How ya

holding up?” 10 Battling

all out 11 Looked at 12 Things confessed during confession 13 Bygone days, old-style 18 Strand during a winter trip, say 19 Lacks 23 Administer

an oath to 25 Single-serve coffee holders 26 Snoops

(around) 27 Perfect partner for life

28 Part of a witch’s Halloween mask

29 Global financial

org.

31 End of an

era?

32 Target for a drug-sniffing dog 35 Surrealist

Salvador 37 Frédéric who composed the “Revolutionary” Étude

38 Like steak

tartare 42 Swahili “sir” 44 This evening, in

commercialese 45 Warning on an

airplane wing 46 Trios, quartets,

etc.

48 Comic Atkinson of “Bean” and “Mr. Bean’s Holiday” 50 Follower of face

or fork 51 “SportsCenter”

network 53 Something of

little matter? 54 Proctor’s call 55 Top-of-the-line 56 Red state? 57 Director

Anderson 58 Lyricist

Gershwin