The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Beginner, in lingo

5 Beaten via a referee’s decision, for short

9 Menial position

14 Words sung twice before “A pirate’s life for me”

15 Pint-size

16 Where the terminal dash in “Home Alone” takes place

17 Organized workers

19 Mythical lion’s home

20 Apt name for a worrier

21 One driving kids to a rink, say

23 “Roger that”

26 Sticking points?

27 Hindi for “reign”

28 Honor student’s pride, for short

29 Put up with

30 Accustoms (to)

32 Like planes and flags

33 Kind of lily

34 Fuel for a mustang?

35 Lucky hit for a Ping-Pong player

39 Non-starters

42 Successfully study

44 Impostor syndrome feeling

45 The Heat, on scoreboards

46 Catch

47 Prefix with sexual

48 Jailers … or a hint to “unlocking” four answers in this puzzle

50 Vie to get

52 Sound of a mouse pointer?

53 Skirt

54 She played Billie Jean King in 2017’s “Battle of the Sexes”

58 Formal decrees

59 “___ Creator Omnium” (ancient hymn) 60 Biblical son of Seth

61 Raring to go

62 Francis Drake and Ernest Shackleton, for two

63 Community served by Lambda Legal, in brief

Down

1 Sch. with the Elmer Holmes Bobst Library

2 Seemingly forev-er

3 Moonshine container

4 Plunder

5 “You shoulda kept that to yourself”

6 Stuffed Jewish dish

7 How some ballet is performed

8 ___ golf

9 Jordan Peele’s production company, named for a classic horror short story

10 Natives of the Great Plains

11 Like some signals and traffic

12 Their name has the “re” of “cream” and the two o’s from “chocolate”

13 Big smile

18 “Psst!” alternative

22 Certain highfat, low-carb diet, informally

23 Treasures buried in the hills

24 Bob ___, co-creator of Batman

25 Photo ___

29 Calculating

31 Purchases for a high-tech hobby

32 Peeps, so to speak

34 Solution to a bad hair day, maybe

36 1981 video game that featured the first appearance of Mario

37 Age, in a way

38 Moves out to sea

40 Thanksgiving

41 Gen-Z style with emo and anime influences

42 Go public with

43 Bugaboos

44 Boil down

45 Soothing sound

47 “___ On Up” (“The Jeffersons” theme)

48 Marisa of “My Cousin Vinny”

49 ___ One (vodka brand)

50 Actress ___ Pinkett Smith

51 Gangbusters

55 Word with bad or smart

56 Head, slangily

57 The “e” of i.e.