The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 ___-schmancy

6 Apple’s digital assistant 10 Sandwiches that may use Skippy and Smuckers, informally

14 Regions

15 The “Odyssey,” for one

16 ___ Canal, connector of the Hudson River to the Great Lakes 17 Arkansas’s capital 19 “___ from New York, it’s …”

20 Bonny young woman

21 Overhaul 22 “Superbad” co-star Seth

23 Loss offsetter 25 Derrière

26 Bicolor cookies also called halfmoons

32 Hold responsible 33 Cause of some nose-wrinkling 34 “How was ___ know?”

35 Red, as a steak 36 Portmanteau for denim cutoffs 38 Condition treated by Adderall, for short

39 Corp. giant spelled backward inside “giant”

40 Something tried out for in a tryout 41 Follows, as orders

42 Final practice before the big show

46 Opening between mountains

47 Opening for a coin 48 One of a pair of a carnival entertainer

50 How many times the Washington Nationals have won the World Series 52 Chocolate candy with a caramel center

56 Rice-shaped pasta 57 Fashion designer associated with the item spelled out by the starts of 17-, 26- and 42-Across

59 Clown of renown 60 Prerevolution Russian leader

61 Had a role to play 62 Obsessive fan, in slang

63 Plane assignment 64 Feed, as a fire

DOWN

1 Leaf-changing season

2 Prima donna’s big moment

3 Brooklyn basketball team 4 Tie in tic-tac-toe 5 Big inits. in fashion 6 Tennis star Williams

7 Cher holder? 8 Puerto ___ 9 “Gross!”

10 House speaker Nancy

11 Flash of genius 12 “___ Talkin’,” #1 hit for the Bee

Gees

13 Observed 18 Composer Satie 22 German industrial valley

24 There’s only one spot for this

25 Deuces

26 Former British P.M. Tony

27 Circular food item that may come in a 16” square box

28 Up, on a compass 29 Banned pesticide, for short

30 ___ alcohol (fuel source)

31 Installs, as a lawn 32 ___ Rutter, “Jeopardy!” contestant with the all-time highest winnings ($4.9+ million)

36 Places for tips 37 Valuable deposit 38 Existing in the mind only

40 “Hey, over here!” 41 Spanish gold

43 Place for a brawl in a western 44 Accompany on the red carpet, say

45 One of the Baldwin brothers

48 Bawls

49 Horse’s gait

50 Slowly seep (out) 51 Org. with bowl games

53 “Hold ___ your hat!”

54 Vegetable paired with potato in a soup

55 Quaint shoppe descriptor

57 Adds to an email chain, in a way 58 Possesses