The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Part of a boot 7 Purina product 14 “Finished!” 15 “You wish!” 16 Young raptor 17 Highs and lows, e.g. 18 Muchdiscussed immigration measure first introduced in 2001 20 Silver 21 Ape whose name comes from Malay for “man” 23 “I reckon” 24 Company that makes vegan alternatives to beef and sausage 29 The Liberty Tree and others 32 Observe Yom Kippur, e.g. 33 Adidas alternative 34 Vacation locale for President Gerald Ford 35 Actress Elisabeth 36 Hauled 37 Tennis’s Kournikova 38 Wails 39 Pat on the back, maybe 40 Upright 41 “You have a point …” 42 No-win situations 44 Put on a black coat? 46 Nice things to get on the back, but not on the face 47 Cleaned up, in a way 50 Frenzied 55 Area including Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas 57 Capital of the onetime Republic of the Rio Grande 58 “It sounds to me like …” 59 Follows, as advice 60 Rubberized, maybe 61 “Bug”

Down

1 One-to-one, say 2 Congresswoman Ilhan 3 Lucky thing to hit in PingPong 4 Fountain option 5 Windflower 6 Fortification breaching bomb 7 Crew leader, informally 8 Former U.N. secretary general Kofi ___ Annan 9 Linger 10 Subject of a classic black, white and red poster 11 Earth, to us 12 Many a tournament 13 Occident 15 Subject in the purview of the Federal Communications Commission 19 In-tents experiences? 22 Method of attack 24 Opera’s Don Pedro and Don Pasquale, e.g. 25 Shared values 26 “Just watch me do it!” 27 Race cars, typically 28 Soupçon 30 Chop 31 Blind spots? 36 “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” network 40 Typographer’s gap 43 Where water samples may be tested, informally 45 Luke Skywalker or Han Solo 47 Sportscaster Andrews 48 First queen of Carthage 49 Member of the South Asian diaspora 51 Hangings in la Galleria degli Uffizi 52 Place to find the birds and the bees? 53 One with tens of millions of Instagram followers, maybe 54 Part of an obstacle course 56 Race unit

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