The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Jazz’s James

5 Means of applying lip gloss 9 Unlikely to make the first move

12 Navy ___

13 In the neighborhood of 15 Tapered piece of sports equipment 16 Acclaimed TV show concerning a science teacher-turned-drug dealer 19 “!!!! ”

20 Having a tart, citrusy flavor 21 Mexican tequila brand, familiarly

23 Word before Street or oil 24 Financially behind

26 Hang around

27 Mimi’s “me” 28 Collection by Horace

29 Tick off

30 Laundry loads

32 ___ There Dump That (garbage service franchise) 33 Brought into existence 36 Staple of Disney live-action remakes, briefly

39 “I goofed”

40 St. ___ (district in London) 42 Java setting

45 Fútbol stadium cry 46 Knock down a peg or two 47 Amigo

49 Cute mistake

50 Mild Swiss cheese

51 Spell check?

52 Org. in the 2019 Tony-winning play “The Ferryman” 53 Changes made to the answers to 16-, 24-, 33and 47-Across, whether interpreted as one word or two?

57 Final figure 58 Neighbor of Uttar Pradesh 59 Emmy- and Tony-nominated actress Mireille

60 “___ whiz!”

61 Source of the Tigris and Euphrates, per Genesis 62 In stitches 1 Abatement

2 “Madam Secretary” star 3 Gesture from a coach not to swing at the next pitch 4 Give life to

5 “Parsifal” composer

6 Dear one?

7 Winter Olympics powerhouse: Abbr.

8 Props, say

9 Was able to acquire, informally

10 Military transport 11 “Holy cannoli!” 14 Touchy?

17 What the ruthless show 18 “Well, obviously!” 22 Mythical matchmaker 23 Chunk of concrete

24 Got in the way of

25 Hardly a rosy picture 31 Barely best 34 Scrubbed

35 Account

36 “Crisis averted!” 37 Question after an explanation 38 Positive response to 37-Down 39 Google ___

41 Hints at

42 Playing field?

43 Swanky affair 44 Scrambling words 46 Address part

48 ___ guitar

51 Joint problem

54 Daniels who directed “The Butler”

55 What it takes years and years to grow

56 Target for an ID thief