The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS 1 ___ for apples (have some

fall fun)

4 Start of the day, in poetry 8 Emmy or Grammy

13 Prefix with center

14 Off-limits

15 Jazz great Count ___ 16 Chicken piece that’s not a

breast or a wing

17 Come up

18 Director Welles

19 The 2005 compilation “Killer Queen” is one honoring Queen

22 Guided adventure in the

Serengeti

23 Drill sergeant’s “Relax!” 27 Chemistry lab device 31 Doesn’t have

34 Attempts

35 “___ Te Ching” (philosophical

text)

36 Jazz great Fitzgerald 37 Sounds from new instant

messages

38 Basic origami step

39 U.S. spy org.

40 Who might grant you three

wishes

41 Present, past or future

perfect

42 Topper for a Whopper 45 Liveliness, from the French 46 Flower that vanilla comes

from

50 Classic song about a soulmate … or a phonetic hint for repeated pairs of letters in 19-, 27- and 42Across

54 Fashion label from Milan 57 ___ donna 58 “Why was 6 afraid of 7?

Because 7 ___ 9!” 59 Sun-related

60 No longer available, as a seat 61 Bit of body ink, for short 62 Rats (on)

63 Kerfuffle

64 General on a Chinese menu

DOWN

1 Straps that go around the

waist

2 “La Bohème” or “La Traviata” 3 It’s very unlikely to happen 4 Actor/comedian Steve 5 8-Across for some New York

plays

6 Civil rights icon ___ Parks 7 Christmas carol

8 Information header on a

business’s website

9 Higher in temperature 10 ___-backwards (utterly

wrong, in slang)

11 ___ de Janeiro

12 Thieves’ hangout

14 Ford model that’s

also a zodiac sign 20 Loaf-shaped cake 21 Innocent sorts

“in the woods” 24 Playwright Chekhov

25 Makes watertight, say

26 Wear away

28 Attack, as a bee might 29 Muppet who loves his rubber

duckie

30 Neighbor of Mali

31 Milk, in Spanish

32 Buffalo Bill, for William Cody 33 Gripping tool

37 Capital of Western Australia 38 Engage in épée, e.g.

40 Things with necks and frets 41 Head covering that’s wrapped 43 ___ shower (pre-wedding

event)

44 One born shortly after W.W. II,

informally

47 Hotel chain whose name rhymes with “quiet”

48 Scintillas

49 Because of

51 Many N.Y.C. dwellings: Abbr. 52 “Oh, nerts!”

53 Kind of bar with islandthemed drinks

54 Winter hrs. in L.A.

55 Fish eggs

56 “___ roads lead

to Rome”