The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Island group that straddles the International Date Line

6 Performing pair 9 Disney’s futuristic theme park 14 Orange-and-white striped swimmers that lure prey to 5-Downs

16 Spice in pumpkin spice

17 Drilling deals

18 Hell

19 Exchanged rings, say

20 Audio device that’s tap-tap-tapped 21 Coal carrier 23 Figures advised by consiglieres

24 King beater

25 It’s done in the short run 28 “Hitchhiker” whose warning cries help a 31-Down avoid poachers

33 Knighted actor Michael

34 Big beer buy

35 Dos x cuatro

36 Path of a meteor in the sky

37 Had the ability

38 “_ _ _ for apple” 39 Moray’s habitat 41 Arm wrestler’s bone of contention? 42 Informal “Shall we …?”

44 Nocturnal flier that disperses seeds of a 40-Down

46 Laser pointer or yarn ball, maybe 47 College sr.’s next hurdle, perhaps 48 Brazilian named “Athlete of the Century” by the International Olympic Committee

49 Milk sugar

53 On ___ fours

54 Host of an annual N.Y.C. gala, with “the”

57 Problem for a motorist or stylist 58 Optical device with segmented mirrors 61 Photographer Adams

62 Mutually beneficial … or a hint to three pairs of crossing answers in this puzzle 63 “Absolutely!,” in slang

64 “Absolutely!”

65 One of many in a dictionary’s thumb index

DOWN

1 Trash-hauling boat 2 “That’s ___!” (“Not so!”) 3 Foundry receptacle

4 Barn hooter 5 Stinging sea creature that offers protection to 14-Across

6 Some of these are compact

7 Put into practice 8 Very, very 9 Payment sans ink and paper 10 Inactive pill, maybe

11 End piece?

12 ___ easy 13 Midterm, e.g. 15 Barely there

22 Was in a rush 23 Noisy clattering 25 Inhale, as dinner 26 Apple tool 27 Houston sch.

28 Poke fun at 29 Tenerife, por ejemplo

30 “Sorry, too busy” 31 Horned grazer that provides mite meals to a 28-Across

32 “Ooh, tell us everything!”

34 Certain soda pop 37 Rubik’s toys

40 Ficus that produces sweets favored by a 44-Across 42 Encloses with bricks, e.g. 43 Feasted

45 Toll collectors of folklore

46 A-lister

48 Lifeline locales 49 Future atty.’s hurdle

50 The “A” in A.D. 51 Toss out a line and lure

52 “Keep commerce human” website 54 Big name in applesauce

55 Grand in scale 56 PC crash fixer 59 Cat’s-_ _ _

60 Dove’s call