The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Headache helper
6 Tot's scratches
13 Palate cleanser in a multicourse French meal
15 Source of a foul odor when wool is washed
16 Going after the big bucks, say
17 Creature catcher in gaming
18 Position with security
20 N.B.A. team that shares an arena with the N.H.L.'s Stars, familiarly
21 Predicament
22 Major Manhattan thoroughfare, informally
23 Made a lap, say
24 Playground comeback
26 Creepy quality
30 Important contacts
31 Chewed (out)
33 Lead-in to plane
35 Cut
36 "Tsk, tsk," in textspeak
37 Bug that sounds like it was in the air?
39 Port letters
40 Traditional wedding dish in southern Italy, hence its literal translation ("brides")
42 Most Broadway theaters have two of these
44 Fish often served tartare
45 Nickname for Time's 2023 Person of the Year
47 Pole used for extending a sail
49 Half and half
50 Some home installations, in brief
52 Cool, in old lingo
53 Rapper ___ Cat
55 Handling things
58 Very rough, as an experience
60 Finished, colloquially
61 Drinks are on me!
62 Grumpy companion
63 Defensive football plays, informally
64 "___ seguro?" ("Are you sure?": Sp.)
Down
1 Currently
2 "You're tempting fate!"
3 Goggles that aren't meant to go underwater
4 Construction materials named after a capital?
5 Headliner
6 Poster's place
7 Barrel material
8 Like some shows and bands
9 Order that comes with a wide straw
10 Speed skater Johann ___ Koss, winner of four Olympic golds
11 Makes quiet, in a way
12 Show with a Joke Swap segment, in brief
14 "Cya"
17 Small part of a window
19 "Golly!"
23 Move laterally
24 Junot ___, author of "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao"
25 Maternity ward staffers, informally
27 Look within oneself
28 Apartment units
29 Japanese/Italian fusion dish
32 Floor
34 Not that much
38 Letters on a bow
41 Site of a famous flagraising
43 Head for the toilet, say?
46 "Sure, lemme deal with this first, though"
48 Test-taking no-nos
51 Lays down some ground rolls?
53 Dull
54 Like communal property
55 Weight 56 Southern side dish
57 Barbie and Ken, e.g.
58 Chips flavor
59 Publicity, so to speak