The New York Times

ACROSS

1 Centerpiece of a luau

9 Pick

15 Be supervised by 16 Rocky’s best friend in the “Rocky” films 17 Screen that keeps out bugs? 18 Register

19 Fan group 20 1970s rock band that launched the career of Sammy Hagar

22 Gives credit 23 Docking site during the 1980s-’90s 24 iComfort company 25 The same as in France 26 Makes deceptively attractive 28 Craps throw called “Little Joe” 29 Steady temperament 32 Guess that costs $250

33 Bel canto composer 36 Made more secure for shipping, say 38 They go down the tubes

39 Do curls, e.g. 41 Rights org. whose logo includes a rabbit

43 Topic in driver’s ed 44 Newspaper fig. 48 TV’s Burnett and Andrews 50 Evasive maneuver 51 Former Portuguese territory 52 Theater background

54 Fix

55 Not reside in the center of 56 Neapolitan song whose first line translates to “What a beautiful thing is a sunny day!”

58 “Stop right there!” 59 Opposite of “pig out” 60 Owned (up) 61 Recurring “Weekend Update” character for Gilda

DOWN

1 Unruly crowd 2 Balance for a tree pose

3 Kazakh capital renamed NurSultan in 2019 4 Wraps 5 Where les bérets go

6 Univ. bigwig 7 With 9-Down, response to a knock at the door 8 Ad campaign featuring “mustaches”

9 See 7-Down 10 Word after hot or fancy

11 Small tower 12 Coat placed on the ground

13 Tool-sharpening aid

14 Out 21 Counter action 23 Reduce as much as possible

26 One of many in most families 27 Oracles

30 Kind of pass 31 Wall St. deal 33 Designates as inaccessible 34 William Tell was given one 35 Quenches

37 How many Guinness World Record attempts are performed

40 Group whose lies are much discussed on TV 42 Photographers’ considerations 45 Occupation for the Three Stooges in “An Ache in Every Stake” 46 Measure equal to about 57° 47 Prairie predator 49 Confiscate 51 Battle royal 53 Growing need 54 Partners of cones 57 Lead-in to cone