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 coveringthat’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”