The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Hack job
11 Lean
15 News alert of old
16 Choose from the restaurant menu
17 Hybrid citrus fruit native to China
18 The toe of a geographical “boot”
19 Bad reasoning
20 Piece of the action
22 “We’ll handle this one”
24 Literally, “disciple”
25 Gamete producer
28 AAA service
30 Gives a hand
33 Clodhopper
34 Unexplained by science, say
36 LAX approximation
37 Meeting after a meeting
38 Paris-to-Zurich dir.
39 What fuel economy standards might address
41 Cry of relief
42 Get ready to drive
43 Anago, on a Japanese menu
44 Cat With ___ of Joy (emoji)
45 Some Christmas purchases
47 Platform for a performer
49 Nickname for Chicago’s Cloud Gate sculpture
52 Words when throwing caution to the wind
56 Rain or shine
57 What comes after the fall
59 Fibrous part of a potato
60 Feeling of otherness
61 Absolute delight
62 Backgrounds in theater
Down
1 ___ bra
2 Skater’s leap
3 “G2G”
4 Colored rings
5 Intruded, with “in”
6 On again
7 Performing tasks according to encoded instructions, as a computer file
8 Dispenser in many a vestibule
9 Edit out, as from a photo
10 Name associated with boxers
11 Upset of the century, say
12 ___ the 25Down, founder of the kingdom of Hawaii
13 Emmy and Golden Globenominated actress ___ Rachel Wood
14 Passed
21 Finished with
23 More contrite
25 See 12-Down
26 Navel type
27 Travel authority?
29 Pending acceptance, in a way
31 ___ tag
32 Heaps
34 Matar, in Indian cuisine
35 Marshal under Napoleon
37 Cellist Jacqueline
40 Cavil
41 Jewelry creator Elsa who helped define the Tiffany brand
44 Earths, in sci-fi
46 Perceived to be
48 “A-a-a-and ___!”
49 Common sitcom rating
50 No-goodnik
51 River personified by the god Hapi
53 Kristen of “S.N.L.”
54 Comment after a cue
55 Top marks
58 Small grouse