The New York Times
ACROSS
1 ___ Day (early September observance) 6 Sound of a big kiss 11 ___ Today 14 Escape capture by 15 “Caveman diet,” familiarly 16 Catch in the act 17 Where flutes are played, in an orchestra 19 Color variant 20 Vanish into thin air 21 Peaceful, pastoral scene
23 Fuss
24 Vaping apparatus, informally 25 Qualifying hurdle for practicing law 32 Doily fabric 33 Triangular traffic sign
34 Goose egg 35 Enjoyed a smorgasbord, say 36 1950s presidential inits.
37 Bit of equipment in tennis and basketball 38 Breakfast restaurant chain
40 Pours down 42 Basmati, e.g.
43 Prehiring formality, often
46 ___ of the matter (pivotal point) 47 Liquor in a mai tai 48 ___ Keller, first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree 50 Hawaiian raw fish dishes 56 Outback bird that can go two months without food
57 Betray … or a hint to what can precede each half of 17-, 25- and 43-Across
59 One of 24 in the human skeleton 60 Nobel-winning chemist Curie 61 Egyptian dam 62 U.F.O. pilots, some believe 63 Largest Greek island 64 Nuisances
DOWN
1 Apt rhyme for “rude” and “crude”
2 Et ___ (and others: Lat.)
3 Hot dog holders
4 “I’d wager that …” 5 Dwell
6 Org. with a Shelter Support Fund 7 LeBlanc of “Friends” 8 “That’s ___!” (“Not true!”) 9 Company head, for short 10 Camera brand that merged with Minolta in 2003 11 Not sanitary 12 AMC’s “Better Call ___” 13 Brother of Cain and Seth 18 Adhesive resin 22 Scatterbrained sort 24 Finish
25 Wash oneself
26 Card that can be either high or low in a deck 27 Gallagher of “The Umbrella Academy” 28 First responder on a battlefield 29 ___ Chaiken, co-creator of “The L Word” 30 Hoover competitor
31 Jot down 32 Home for a wild animal 39 Father: Fr. 40 Dinosaur in “Toy Story”
41 Patch of loose rock that aptly rhymes with “debris”
42 Aching sense of guilt
44 Trio with a hiphop cover of Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way” 45 Wheel cover that may be chromeplated 48 Where “you are” on a mall directory 49 Give off 50 Unadulterated 51 Death notice, in brief 52 Abstract artist Paul 53 Really impresses 54 Hurdle for aspiring attorneys, for short
55 Tax IDs
58 Scull propeller