NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Part of a doorframe 5 Goat’s bleat 8 Catch, as fly balls 12 Ingredient in some topical gels 13 Furniture item often facing a TV 15 Writer Ephron 16 Top 17 The blahs, more formally 18 October birthstone 19 *Children’s book whose title character says “If I can fool a bug, I can surely fool a man. People are not as smart as bugs” 22 Dead even 23 Holds on to 26 “Isn’t ___ bit like you and me?” (Beatles lyric) 27 ___ Rizzo, main role in “Midnight Cowboy” 31 Genie’s locale 32 It has fuzzy skin 34 French word in some bistro names 35 Greek goddess of discord 36 “___ you asked …” 37 Game often played with a random number generator 38 ___-advised 39 Late actor Ed 40 Small interval for grouping data, to a coder 41 Baseball rival of BOS 42 Takes classes at 44 Sushi topper 45 Say that you’re going, say 47 Bygone jet, for short 48 Unwanted discovery in a refrigerator 50 Accumulate 52 Radish lookalike 54 Yard sale caveat 55 Whom you might contact after a computer crash 59 Eight, in Italian 60 Persistent little sibling, maybe 61 Title winner 62 Hijab, e.g. 63 National Endowment for the ___ 64 Unsupported assertion 65 Big name in petrol

Down

1 The “one” in a one-two 2 Actor Baldwin 3 Dance in a pit 4 Downloads in the testing phase 5 Muslims, e.g., but not Hindus 6 *Chain known for its soft pretzels 7 Bit of décor? 8 Layered buildup in the Arctic 9 Wish 10 Part of U.A.E. 11 ___ pal 13 Housing in the big house 14 Rushed, old-style 20 Monogram of the “Treasure Island” author 21 California’s Big ___ 23 Fashion’s Calvin 24 One who’s up at dawn 25 *Prominent left-leaning political action committee 28 Literary trio found in the answers to this puzzle’s starred clues 29 “Affliction” for those close to graduation 30 Globe coverer 32 H.S. exam 33 Word with immunity or mentality 42 “The Simpsons” storekeeper 43 ___’wester (hat) 46 Pieces of three-pieces 49 Teed off 50 One of the Smurfs 51 Insta uploads 52 Care for cars? 53 Sport with mallets 56 “___ Carter V” (2018 Lil Wayne album) 57 Part of L.G.B.T. 58 Hesitant syllables