The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 One’s marriage or graduation 7 Ring punch 10 Operate smoothly 13 Charm City baseballer 14 Be shown up 16 ___ City Hall, 36 -Across designed building (1978) 17 Sites of some strikes 18 “The Winding Stair” poet 19 Ballerina’s hairdo 20 Omnipotent and all-merciful one, in Islam 21 Chicken ___ 23 Place for an Atlas 24 With 10-Down, 36 -Across designed museum (1995) 29 Do a little stretching? 32 Under control 33 Ricotta cheese source 34 Get an ___ effort 35 Come to nothing 36 Subject of this puzzle (1917-2019) 38 Runner’s space 39 Script unit 40 Land in the ocean 41 Claymation pal of Wallace 43 It’s a big stretch 44 Portmanteau for 36-Across 46 Help for the disabled? 48 On ___ (running by itself) 49 Sicilia and Sardegna 51 Jack (up) 52 Classic opera in which every leading character dies 57 Asian capital designed by British urban planners 59 With 26-Down, 36 -Across designed Hong Kong skyscraper (1990) 60 Warty arboreal creature 61 Mystical and puzzling 62 Stick in a boat 63 Stand in (for) 64 Places
Down
1 Soul mate? 2 “Dies ___” (hymn) 3 River to the Colorado 4 Noodlehead 5 One who calls Nome home 6 “Thumbs up!” 7 Enroll in 8 “Talking” with one’s hands, for short 9 Bawl over 10 See 24-Across 11 Sch. near Hollywood 12 Fit well 14 36 -Across designed Paris landmark (1989) 15 Cut down 19 Sack, so to speak 22 Legally charges 23 Magician’s skill 24 Rummage (through) 25 TV booth alert 26 See 59-Across 27 Moolah 28 Be shy 30 Kind of column 31 George with a .390 batting average in 1980 34 Gazillions 37 Goat’s bleat 42 Lecturer’s reading? 44 Word that rhymes with treats, appropriately 45 Trophy 47 Shoppe description 49 Excited about 50 Some hospital supplies 51 Fictional captain whose nickname is “Old Thunder” 53 Back in the day 54 Arctic seabird 55 Nowhere near the target, in a children’s guessing game 56 When soap operas usually air, informally 58 Bud’s bud in old comedy 59 Winner of four World Series in this century, on scoreboards