The New York Times crossword puzzle

No. 0831

Across

1 Chaps 4 Its 27-inch model was discontinued in 2022 8 Inundates with some junk 13 Card game cry 14 Org. that sent Perseverance to 63-Across 15 Academy enrollee 16 *Type of meal first sold by C. A. Swanson & Sons 18 Spice in springerle cookies 19 Only about one-sixth of these in humans is visible 20 Call from a cornfield 21 Oscar winner Witherspoon 22 Michigan football rival, for short 24 *Hospital bagful 26 *Multimediafocused school org. 29 Hard or soft finish? 30 Goes first 31 Dictator Amin 32 Up in the air, for short 35 Dubious foodeating guideline … or a hint to the answers to this puzzle’s starred clues 39 Pub pick 40 Code component 41 – 42 “Let’s do this” 44 *Camper’s place, maybe 45 *Up-andcoming group in high school athletics 48 Egyptian ophidian 49 Covers 50 Horror film cry 52 Some daily temps 56 Bris, bat mitzvah and others 57 *Federal tax incentive for buying a Tesla, say 59 Good name for a home renter? 60 “___ Flux” (1990s MTV series) 61 Help with the dishes 62 Joneses for 63 See 14-Across 64 Possible reason for a PG-13 rating

Down

1 You might be on it during a meeting 2 Be covetous of 3 Connection point 4 Tripadvisor recommendation, perhaps 5 Nickname for Mowgli in “The Jungle Book” 6 Away from land 7 It’s lowered in the drive-thru line 8 Devours, with “down” 9 Some convention offerings 10 Bye at the French Open? 11 International athlete who twice made Time’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world 12 Charger 17 Wagnerian princess 23 Figure (out) 25 Miner discovery? 26 Sporty Italian auto, informally 27 Cover, in a way 28 Give in 31 “My lotto ticket might be the winner” 32 Toro or shiro maguro, at a sushi bar 33 Busy day, in retrospect 34 Division of a newsroom 36 Director Kazan 37 Real ID issuers, in brief 38 ___ effect 42 Something to think about? 43 Dishevels 44 Longstanding ill will 45 Eddie Bauer competitor 46 “There you go!” 47 Smooth kind of finish 51 Layer beneath the sclera and cornea 53 Track figures 54 Certain money transfer 55 “Mr. Roboto” band, 1983 58 O.R. staffers