NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Centerpiece of a luau 9 Pick 15 Be supervised by 16 Rocky’s best friend in the “Rocky” films 17 Screen that keeps out bugs? 18 Register 19 Fan group

20 1970s rock band that launched the career of Sammy Hagar 22 Gives credit 23 Docking site during 1980s-’90s the 24 iComfort company 25 The same as in

France 26 Makes deceptively attractive

28 Craps throw called “Little Joe” 29 Steady temperament

32 Guess that costs

33 $250 Bel composer canto

36 Made more secure for shipping, say

38 They go down

the tubes

39 Do curls, e.g. 41 Rights org. whose logo includes a rabbit 43 Topic in driver’s ed 44 Newspaper fig. 48 TV’s Burnett and Andrews 50 Evasive maneuver 51 Former Portuguese territory 52 Theater background 54 Fix 55 Not reside in the center of

56 Neapolitan song whose first line translates to “What a beautiful thing

is a sunny day!” 58 “Stop right

there!” 59 Opposite of “pig out”

60 Owned (up) 61 Recurring “Weekend Update” character for

Gilda

Down

1 Unruly crowd 2 Balance for a

tree pose 3 Kazakh capital renamed NurSultan in 2019 4 Wraps

5 Where les bérets

go

6 Univ. bigwig 7 With 9-Down, response to a knock at the door 8 Ad campaign featuring “mustaches” 9 See 7-Down 10 Word after hot or fancy 11 Small tower 12 Coat placed on the ground 13 Tool-sharpening aid

14 Out 21 Counter action 23 Reduce as much as possible 26 One of many in most families 27 Oracles 30 Kind of pass 31 Wall St. deal 33 Designates as inaccessible

34 William Tell was given one 35 Quenches 37 How many Guinness World Record attempts are performed 40 Group whose lies are much discussed on TV 42 Photographers’ considerations 45 Occupation for the Three Stooges in “An Ache in Every Stake” 46 Measure equal to about 57° 47 Prairie predator 49 Confiscate 51 Battle royal 53 Growing need 54 Partners of cones 57 Lead-in to cone