The New York Times Crossword

No. 0704

ACROSS 1 Bookmaking frame that produces paper with rough edges

7 Chain restaurant that offers The Great Wall of Chocolate 15 Checked out for a bit 16 Nondairy drink option 17 Deplorable

18 Give too much airtime, say 19 Unwavering

21 First line in a newspaper story

22 Destination off N.Y.C.’s Belt Parkway

23 Like fireflies

24 One side of a debate 25 Reason to grant extra testing time, for short

27 Z-lister

29 Like the haka dance, in origin 31 Business checks?

35 Lines of code

37 Sit ’n spin?

39 Like Gouda or Gruyère 43 Commercial prefix with -pedic since the 1950s

44 Free

46 Many modern chart-toppers 47 ___ mail

51 Martial art with rhyming syllables

53 Woodland warbler 54 Traditional sight next to many a mill

55 Small hunting companion 57 Call overseas?

59 2019 U.S. Open champ Andreescu

60 1969 U.S. Open champ 61 Sought a treat, say 62 Bakes 63 Top-drawer

DOWN

1 Part of a frame 2 Judgment setting 3 Satirical website once owned by The Onion 4 Eccentric

5 Actress Prepon of “That ’70s Show”

6 Typical graduate of Starfleet Academy

7 Free

8 Like some complex intersections 9 Included, in a way

10 See 36-Down

11 Quite accommodating 12 Sitcom husband (and then ex-husband) of Maris Crane 13 Clearing

14 Shaggier alternatives to 55-Acrosses

20 Water formation on wax paper 24 Pained cries

26 Small order of whiskey 28 Runs the show, for short 30 “You can count on me!” 32 Story

33 Factor in determining if the show must go on

34 Parts of films that require complex planning

36 With 10-Down, gender identity words separated by a slash

38 Fellini’s first Oscar-winning film

40 Bush campaign manager of 1988

41 Aids in networking 42 Cover lightly, as snow 45 Subject of a 1927 royal charter

47 Trades barbs 48 “Uh-uh!”

49 What a current flows into 50 Bucolic work 52 Archangel of the Apocrypha 55 Praiseful appraisal

56 Bit of Eastern music 58 Thick layer of hair