The New York Times Crossword

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 ___ (“Belair” 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-to-head

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.