NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 ___ for apples (have some fall fun) 4 Start of the day, in poetry 8 Emmy or Grammy 13 Prefix with center 14 Off-limits 15 Jazz great Count ___ 16 Chicken piece that’s not a breast or a wing 17 Come up 18 Director Welles 19 The 2005 compilation “Killer Queen” is one honoring Queen 22 Guided adventure in the Serengeti 23 Drill sergeant’s “Relax!” 27 Chemistry lab device 31 Doesn’t have 34 Attempts 35 “___ Te Ching” (philosophical text) 36 Jazz great Fitzgerald 37 Sounds from new instant messages 38 Basic origami step 39 U.S. spy org. 40 Who might grant you three wishes 41 Present, past or future perfect 42 Topper for a Whopper 45 Liveliness, from the French 46 Flower that vanilla comes from 50 Classic song about a soulmate … or a phonetic hint for repeated pairs of letters in 19-, 27- and 42-Across 54 Fashion label from Milan 57 ___ donna 58 “Why was 6 afraid of 7? Because 7 ___ 9!” 59 Sun-related 60 No longer available, as a seat 61 Bit of body ink, for short 62 Rats (on) 63 Kerfuffle 64 General on a Chinese menu

Down

1 Straps that go around the waist 2 “La Bohème” or “La Traviata” 3 It’s very unlikely to happen 4 Actor/comedian Steve 5 8-Across for some New York plays 6 Civil rights icon ___ Parks 7 Christmas carol 8 Information header on a business’s website 9 Higher in temperature 10 ___-backwards (utterly wrong, in slang) 11 ___ de Janeiro 12 Thieves’ hangout 14 Ford model that’s also a zodiac sign 20 Loaf-shaped cake 21 Innocent sorts “in the woods” 24 Playwright Chekhov 25 Makes watertight, say 26 Wear away 28 Attack, as a bee might 29 Muppet who loves his rubber duckie 30 Neighbor of Mali 31 Milk, in Spanish 32 Buffalo Bill, for William Cody 33 Gripping tool 37 Capital of Western Australia 38 Engage in épée, e.g. 40 Things with necks and frets 41 Head covering that’s wrapped 43 ___ shower (pre-wedding event) 44 One born shortly after W.W. II, informally 47 Hotel chain whose name rhymes with “quiet” 48 Scintillas 49 Because of 51 Many N.Y.C. dwellings: Abbr. 52 “Oh, nerts!” 53 Kind of bar with island-themed drinks 54 Winter hrs. in L.A. 55 Fish eggs 56 “___ roads lead to Rome”