NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Savory additive 4 Literally, “struggle” 9 Matter of great interest for the United States 13 Have something 14 Provided an address 16 Législateurs’ votes 17 Basic part of a tool kit 19 Comprehend 20 Still fresh 21 Leftover 23 How a sofa might be turned for moving 26 Green spot 27 Extreme devotee, in modern lingo 28 Hoedown musician’s aid 31 Film models are used in it 34 Wearer of a lion’s skin in an Aesop fable 35 Old sailor’s wear

37 ___ moment 40 Was lazy 43 Student loan provider 45 Piteous sigh 47 Duck 48 Obsolescent living room fixture 51 Engage in unabashed nerdiness 54 Wrap up 55 Word repeated in the Dylan Thomas line

“___ against the dying of the light” 56 Precisely found 59 Possible response to “How long’s it been?” 60 Symbol of rebirth 61 Flooring selection 62 Devil-maycare motto, in brief 63 Learned types 64 Evidence of a couple’s honeymoon phase, for short

DOWN 1 Shortcuts in computer coding

2 Miscellaneous part? 3 Painfully slow 4 Going places? 5 More than cross

6 One playing things for laughs

7 ___ card 8 Start of a letter in the form of a rebus 9 Take a pointer? 10 Superstate in “1984” 11 Technology that mimics nature 12 Shakes a finger at 15 Producer of Eminem’s “The Eminem Show,” informally

18 After-dinner amenity 22 Rear-ended? 24 Classic arcade game with an announcer who shouts “Boomshakalaka!” 25 Restriction on mobile phone use 29 Stainless steel element 30 Ha-ha 32 Personal affirmation 33 Like drone bees

36 With no exceptions 37 Charles Darwin contemporary 38 Take one’s turn 39 Soothing application 41 Hairstyle that’s cut short on the sides 42 Half-wit 44 “Just watch …” 46 Absolut competitor 49 Jointly 50 Downs with gusto 52 High times 53 Money left on the table 57 Org. targeted by Moms

Demand

Action 58 2019 Chinese zodiac sign