The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across 1 Something to deliver, with "the"
6 Toast, say 10 Name on a Chinese menu
13 Pie preference 16 Moved crosscountry? 17 One of two in Mötley Crüe
18 Black church
initials 19 Winter
coat
20 Option for
emphasis 21 2020 sci-fi film with a palindromic title 23 Water-loving dogs, for short 25 Causes
27 Half of a
Melville title 28 Aunt ___ ("Bel-Air" role)
29 Place 30 Primary
directive
31 Loses power 33 Cereal ___ 34 Newly immigrated, say
37 July birthday
celebrant 38 Staid
39 Tamil ___,
India
40 Invalid
42 El Mundo
article 43 Low-lying
area
44 Go head-tohead 46 Something used to hunt and peck 47 Reserved 48 ___ Dutta, winner of the Miss Universe 2000 pageant 50 Light shade 54 Modeling software, familiarly 55 Petty person? 58 Stalemate 59 It's in the
neighborhood 60 '60s peace
org. 61 Indie pop duo
Sylvan ___ 62 The difference between who I was and who I am?
Down
1 Keepers 2 Farm team 3 Quattro +
quattro 4 Decide
randomly 5 Danny Aiello's character in "Do the Right Thing" 6 Building block
of life 7 Festival
closing act 8 Southwest sch. known for its numerous online offerings 9 One-named actress on "Parks and Recreation" 10 Slogan on a blue, pink and white pin 11 Inapt response when somebody says "Happy birthday!," presumably 12 Scale range 14 Small storage
space 15 Some annual
plans 22 Publishing bigwigs, for short 24 Assists on
offense? 26 Until now 27 Sets of values 28 Parts of
windmills
30 PowerPoint, perhaps 31 Intricately
plotted fiction 32 Capital southeast of Mecca 34 Icebreaker
tidbits
35 Go clubbing? 36 "What's up?" 41 Shortest of a
group of 12 43 Handed out 45 Coming ___ 46 They may be
AA or A 49 Childish
retort 51 Tommy in the Hockey Hall of Fame
52 Clears
53 Ring bearer? 56 Lowercase ones look like v's
57 A.P. subj.