The New York Times Crossword

No. 0501

ACROSS

1 Like faces around a campfire

at night

6 One whose business is

home-based?

9 Part of a diplomatic address,

maybe

14 Spot for an umbrella 15 Pickup line?

17 Perfectly timed

18 Fluffy four-footed friend 19 Fire ___

20 Smart remarks?

22 Popular camp assemblies 23 Aid in preventing a soup

stain, maybe

26 Passes

28 They’re worn on the road 30 Seljuk Empire citizen

31 Cozy chairs for pairs

33 Word with base or combat 34 Side dish in Cajun cuisine 36 Vaccine target

39 Acute bronchitis, familiarly 41 Bill

43 Motif in much Christian art 45 Squirt-squirt-squirt-squirt 47 Screwballs

49 W.W. I headgear

51 “It’s just OK”

52 With 60-Across, East Asian

cuisine style

53 Print source

55 Go off with a hitch? 57 Former home of the San

Antonio Spurs

58 “Ha, fell right into my trap!” 59 Neuter

60 See 52-Across 61 Sudden blasts

DOWN

1 In-depth subject for a war

historian?

2 Tip with ink

3 Milk-producing

4 Frequent setting on “Chicago

Med”

5 Historic London venue

6 ___ triple play, baseball feat

rarer than a perfect game 7 Chaps

8 Cello quartet

9 Comedian Marc

10 Peak overlooking Armenia’s

capital

11 Backgammon accessory 12 2019 sci-fi film starring Brad

Pitt

13 Came across

16 Break

21 Where many a drive ends,

unfortunately

24 Hunk 25 Pursues for food, say

27 Hit high in the air 29 Old-timey hearing aid 32 Deep-fried British treat wrapped with sausage and bread crumbs

35 Essayist who wrote “Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever lays one down without a feeling of disappointment”

36 Focus of middle

management?

37 Skink or gecko

38 Places where things are all

tied up?

40 Throw back some Jack, say 42 Checkers cry

44 Online companion animal 46 2021 Chinese zodiac sign 48 Inhibits

50 Classic moonroof alternative 53 44-Downs, once

54 Online qualifier

56 ___ Hoover, first lady before

Eleanor Roosevelt