The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Expressive cartoon avatar 8 Absorbs

14 Like some congressional bills 15 A home in the major leagues?

16 Loud and disorderly 17 Steals

18 When some contest entries are submitted, just in time 20 In particular: Abbr. 21 Language suffix

22 Car ad abbr. 25 Proofreader’s notation 28 Alley ___

30 1954 Patti Page hit that begins “It was winter when you told me you were leaving” 33 Leap out, so to speak 34 Over three-fifths of its land is owned by the federal government

36 Perfume

37 Some fruit-filled desserts 40 Tampa suburb named after a pope

41 Flip a top off

42 Sign

43 Boil

45 Tory party symbol

46 Gym units

47 Series ender

48 TV character who went to high school for 122 years 50 Capable, jocularly 52 “Black Panther” genre 58 Term for a group of moles 61 20th- and 21st-century artist known by his first name 62 “Sounds about right” 63 Not as likely to hold water, say

64 One who goes through the motions? 65 “Goodness gracious!”

DOWN

1 Manhattan, e.g., informally 2 Mononymous model 3 Hardware fastener 4 Mont-Saint-___ (French tourist island)

5 High winds

6 Puff pieces? 7 “Insecure” creator Rae 8 Greeted someone 9 Succotash ingredient, at times

10 Part of some McDonald’s restaurants 11 Convened

12 Article in Arles 13 Workplaces for dets. 15 Decides 19 Gradually steal

23 P’s and q’s typer

24 Take umbrage at 25 “Skip me” 26 Highlights collection, maybe 27 Java product

29 Locale of a noted 1941 attack

31 Letters on cosmonauts’ helmets, once 32 Newsroom units

34 The “I” of I. M. Pei 35 Penguin predator 38 Languor

39 Admit defeat, in modern slang

44 Money maker

46 Funnies

49 Premium ticket spec 51 Make into mush

53 What Vulcan was the god of 54 Golden State school inits. 55 Goddess wearing a vulture headdress

56 Check

57 “What’s ___ …” 58 Meaning of an embossed “S,” maybe

59 Smack on the street, e.g., for short 60 Side-to-side motion