The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Course in which to determine a curve’s slope, informally 5 Feathery fashion accessory 8 Apartment in a former factory, maybe

12 Zone

13 Some nervous

reactions 15 Jazz legend

Fitzgerald 16 Big name in

pasta sauce 17 Tatum who won an Oscar for “Paper Moon” 18 Going into

extra innings 19 & 21 A.L. team with a patriotic color

23 In apple-pie

order

24 Some stadium

souvenirs 25 Expensive

wrap 28 “One, ___” (request at a ticket booth) 32 A.L. team with

a patriotic color 36 Vietnam Memorial architect Maya 37 [Ugh, not this

again!] 38 “Mustache Hat”

artist Jean 39 Battery terminal 42 Avian runner

Down Under 43 ___ Martinez, three-time Cy Young winner 45 A.L. team with

a patriotic color 48 Kitten’s cry 49 T.S.A. ___ 50 Co-starring actress on HBO’s “Insecure” 54 Had a helping

of humble pie 58 Baseball,

colloquially 60 Extended

family

61 Like rho … or

a fraternity row 62 Idyllic place 63 For the lady 64 Avoid a tag, in

a way

65 Result of going bumper to bumper?

Down

1 Sedan or

convertible 2 Fast horse

3 Big name in building blocks

4 Biting, as

humor

5 Kind of slope for a novice skier 6 Encouragement

to a matador 7 In two

8 “Hmm …” 9 Mishmash 10 Show off one’s

muscles

11 Wee bit 13 Decent human being, informally 14 What many do after a late night 20 Daughter on Fox’s “Bob’s Burgers” 22 Shoulder

muscle, briefly 25 Brilliant effect 26 Large zoo animal, for short

27 ___ leagues 29 Carne ___ (Mexican restaurant dish) 30 Word before

and after “not” 31 Montreal nine,

once

33 Cookie with a creme filling

34 Fetal position? 35 Burglar’s booty 40 Realms

41 Start of el año 43 Former Israeli

P.M. Shimon 44 Thrown out

of the game 46 Some country

music effects 47 Slow on

the ___ 50 Crawl (along) 51 Store event

after Christmas 52 Insignia on a Houston Astros cap 53 Title below

marquess 54 Mimicked 55 ___ the bench (not get used in the game) 56 Sign of the

future 57 Departed 59 Luau loop