NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Christmas pudding ingredient
5 It’s from the underside of a hide
10 Band whose jukebox musical led to a pair of films
14 Clearly, in a text
15 A.T.M. button
16 Pupil’s surrounding
17 The emptier it is, the more of it you have
18 Caption on a makeover photo
19 They’re often steamed, then rolled
20 Request regarding “the ball game” … or instructions for answering the starred clues
22 Designation for very minor stars
23 Artist’s studio
24 *Response to a knock on the door
25 Conspiring (with)
28 *Their history is celebrated in March
31 Get big, as a hashtag
34 Boosters, e.g.
35 Reddit Q&A
36 Perfect
37 Gripes
38 Like devoted fans
39 Bird with a bluish neck and green eggs
40 “That’s ___ shame”
41 Michelangelo’s only signed work
42 *Neighbor of Saudi Arabia
43 Crunch, e.g.
45 *Concrete component
47 “Everyone’s accounted for”
51 Some manga adaptations
53 Earn … or what answering the starred clues will do in each case
55 Town near Arches and Canyonlands National Parks
56 Not bold
57 Post-deadline
58 Bit of dust
59 Super-selective
60 Cream alternative
61 Gave a thumbsup
62 Ideal
63 Word with bus or door
DOWN
1 “More or less”
2 W.W. II sub
3 Call up
4 Where a dot may be a date 5 Anago, at a sushi restaurant
6 Not expected
7 Caesarean delivery?
8 Bug spray ingredient
9 Spell “mispell,” e.g.
10 Garlicky condiment
11 Head line?
12 Comic routines
13 Appt. scheduler, say
21 “Do you ___?”
22 Executes
24 Acts of downsizing
26 ___ of the game
27 “Get lost!”
29 Skip
30 Zip
31 “So ___ say”
32 City where the 41-Across was commissioned 33 Say it all? 37 German sausage, informally
38 Pet carrier features
40 Some spots 41 Place for a reading
44 Actress Alexis of “Gilmore Girls”
46 Fix firmly
48 Pass
49 Like a Pac-man T-shirt, say
50 Visually assess
51 Backing for an argument, so to speak
52 Recess
53 Otis’s feline friend in a 1989 film
54 During
56 Pro___ (for now)