The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Missing school 7 Cousin of a lark 14 Nonsense word repeated in Stephen Foster’s “Camptown Races” 15 Literally, “empty orchestra” 16 “Spare me your lame reasons!” 18 Home of Wall St. and Fifth Ave. 19 “Chicago ___” (NBC drama) 20 With 24-Across, food coloring in Twizzlers 21 Compound with a fruity scent

24 See 20-Across 26 Roman emperor who wrote “Meditations” 32 Waiting for a pitch 33 Siesta, e.g. 34 Michael of “Weekend Update” on “S.N.L.” 35 Pull an all-nighter 36 Expand 38 Giggle

39 Be laid up in bed

40 Call to a lamb 41 Garden plant also called stonecrop 42 Facial hair for Sam Elliott and Wilford Brimley 46 Equipment hauled by a roadie 47 Course covering axons and dendrites, for short 48 Maple product 50 Chinese zodiac creature for 2019 51 Consumer safety org. 54 1981 hit with the lyric “We can make it if we try” … or a possible title for this puzzle 59 So far 60 Getting some shut-eye 61 Composer Bizet 62 Alternatives

to Ho Hos

Down

1 Mideast’s Gulf of ___ 2 Squarish 3 Necessity for achieving one’s goals? 4 Ending with “umich.” or “upenn.” 5 Rapper

Lil ___ X 6 Topics for book clubs 7 Slated events, in brief 8 Material for Icarus’ wings 9 Circle segment 10 Branch of the Olympics? 11 Misplace 12 Gave the goahead 13 Anderson who directed “The Grand Budapest Hotel” 17 “Buona ___” (Italian greeting) 22 Rip-off 23 Famed child ruler, informally 24 Compete in Pictionary 25 “You betcha!” 26 Colorful parrot 27 Some heart chambers 28 Card game with suits of four different colors 29 Caffeinated summer drink 30 “You betcha!” 31 Teacher’s note that makes one go [gulp] 36 [Oh. My. God!] 37 Piece of siege equipment 38 Get wind of 40 Wander here and there, with “around” 41 Disco

___ (“The Simpsons” character) 43 Any member of the 2019 N.B.A. championship team 44 Meter or liter 45 Mall cop’s transport 48 Apartment building V.I.P., in slang 49 Regarding 50 Benches along an aisle 52 “Hamilton” climax

53 Nile biters 54 Put a cork in it! 55 “Star Trek” spinoff series: Abbr.

56 It’s groundbreaking 57 Spanish for “bear” 58 Timeworn