The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Abscond with 6 Cairo cobras 10 Bit of hardware that fits in a nut 14 The fate one deserves

15 Bug on a pug 16 Like 2, 4, 6, 8

…

17 Not quite right 18 Wander

19 1/5 of a nickel 20 Make history at the Olympics, say

23 They can be boosted or inflated 24 Calvin and Hobbes, for one 25 Totally reverse one’s losing position 31 Impersonate 32 Sets (down) 33 Nowhere to be found, for short 35 Palindromic boy

36 Play on the radio 37 Dada’s mama, maybe 38 Summer zodiac sign 39 “Hey, you!” 41 Followers of an “enduring” philosophy 43 Have an impact that can be gauged 46 Historic stretch 47 “Gracious me!” 48 Keep going without faltering one bit 54 Shoulder muscle, informally 55 “Oh, sure it is!” 56 Allow entrance 58 Mineral known as the “imperial gem”

59 Info on a “Hello” tag 60 Nintendo enthusiast, e.g. 61 What a toddler in a snowsuit might be pulling

62 Like Death Valley’s climate 63 Child’s bedtime request

Down

1 Upbeat precursor to reggae

2 Scottish caps 3 Lake bordering Ohio and New York 4 Radio band for news and talk formats 5 Layered pasta dish

6 From the beginning 7 Tortoiselike 8 Kind of tree in “The Twelve Days of Christmas” 9 Speedy

delivery option 10 “Don’t do that dorky thing you do” 11 Finished 12 Give

temporarily 13 Explosive Minecraft block 21 Forget-me-___

(blue flowers)

22 Babes in the woods? 25 Clan symbol 26 “So are we!” 27 Top-of-theline

28 La Brea ___ Pits 29 Content of a clickable envelope icon 30 “Well, ___ you asked …” 31 Experienced campaigner, for short

34 Little Energizers 36 Volcanic cloud component 37 Silently greeted 39 Cheeky 40 Energy needed to power through 41 Sonic the Hedgehog company

42 Loose-leaf alternatives 44 Blew off steam 45 Prepared one’s home for a newborn 48 Handout following a shuffle 49 Bygone, in Chaucer’s tales 50 Letter-shaped beam 51 Trucker’s ride 52 Bullets and such 53 Feature of a tall cake 54 Workers at dance clubs who 20-, 25-, 43- and 48-Across 57 “You’ll never know until you ___!”