The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Part of a doorframe

5 Goat’s bleat

8 Catch, as fly balls

12 Ingredient in some topical gels

13 Furniture item often facing a TV

15 Writer Ephron

16 Top

17 The blahs, more formally

18 October birthstone

19 *Children’s book whose title character says “If I can fool a bug, I can surely fool a man. People are not as smart as bugs”

22 Dead even

23 Holds on to

26 “Isn’t ___ bit like you and me?” (Beatles lyric)

27 ___ Rizzo, main role in “Midnight Cowboy”

31 Genie’s locale

32 It has fuzzy skin

34 French word in some bistro names

35 Greek goddess of discord

36 “___ you asked …”

37 Game often played with a random number generator

38 ___-advised

39 Late actor Ed

40 Small interval for grouping data, to a coder

41 Baseball rival of BOS

42 Takes classes at

44 Sushi topper

45 Say that you’re going, say

47 Bygone jet, for short

48 Unwanted discovery in a refrigerator

50 Accumulate

52 Radish lookalike

54 Yard sale caveat

55 Whom you might contact after a computer crash

59 Eight, in Italian

60 Persistent little sibling, maybe

61 Title winner

62 Hijab, e.g.

63 National Endowment

for the ___

64 Unsupported assertion

65 Big name in petrol

DOWN

1 The “one” in a one-two

2 Actor Baldwin

3 Dance in a pit

4 Downloads in the testing phase

5 Muslims, e.g., but not Hindus

6 *Chain known for its soft pretzels

7 Bit of décor?

8 Layered buildup in the Arctic

9 Wish

10 Part of U.A.E.

11 ___ pal

13 Housing in the big house

14 Rushed, old-style

20 Monogram of the “Treasure

Island” author

21 California’s Big ___

23 Fashion’s Calvin

24 One who’s up at dawn

25 *Prominent left-leaning political action committee

28 Literary trio found in the answers to this puzzle’s starred clues

29 “Affliction” for those close to graduation

30 Globe coverer

32 H.S. exam

33 Word with immunity or mentality

42 “The Simpsons” storekeeper

43 ___’wester (hat)

46 Pieces of three-pieces

49 Teed off

50 One of the Smurfs

51 Insta uploads

52 Care for cars?

53 Sport with mallets

56 “___ Carter V” (2018 Lil

Wayne album)

57 Part of L.G.B.T.

58 Hesitant syllables