The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 ___ Day (early September

observance)

6 Sound of a big kiss

11 ___ Today

14 Escape capture by 15 “Caveman diet,” familiarly 16 Catch in the act

17 Where flutes are played, in

an orchestra

19 Color variant

20 Vanish into thin air 21 Peaceful, pastoral scene 23 Fuss

24 Vaping apparatus, informally 25 Qualifying hurdle for

practicing law

32 Doily fabric

33 Triangular traffic sign 34 Goose egg

35 Enjoyed a smorgasbord, say 36 1950s presidential inits. 37 Bit of equipment in tennis

and basketball

38 Breakfast restaurant chain 40 Pours down

42 Basmati, e.g.

43 Prehiring formality, often 46 ___ of the matter (pivotal

point)

47 Liquor in a mai tai

48 ___ Keller, first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree

50 Hawaiian raw fish dishes 56 Outback bird that can go two

months without food 57 Betray … or a hint to what can precede each half of 17-, 25- and 43-Across 59 One of 24 in the human

skeleton 60 Nobel-winning chemist Curie 61 Egyptian dam

62 U.F.O. pilots, some believe 63 Largest Greek island 64 Nuisances

DOWN

1 Apt rhyme for “rude” and

“crude”

2 Et ___ (and others: Lat.) 3 Hot dog holders

4 “I’d wager that …”

5 Dwell

6 Org. with a Shelter Support

Fund

7 LeBlanc of “Friends” 8 “That’s ___!” (“Not true!”)

9 Company head, for short 10 Camera brand that merged

with Minolta in 2003 11 Not sanitary

12 AMC’s “Better Call ___” 13 Brother of Cain and Seth 18 Adhesive resin 22 Scatterbrained sort 24 Finish

25 Wash oneself

26 Card that can be either high or low in a deck 27 Gallagher of “The Umbrella

Academy”

28 First responder on a

battlefield

29 ___ Chaiken, co-creator of

“The L Word”

30 Hoover competitor

31 Jot down

32 Home for a wild animal 39 Father: Fr.

40 Dinosaur in “Toy Story” 41 Patch of loose rock that

aptly rhymes with “debris” 42 Aching sense of guilt 44 Trio with a hip-hop cover of Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way”

45 Wheel cover that may be

chrome-plated

48 Where “you are” on a mall

directory

49 Give off

50 Unadulterated

51 Death notice, in brief 52 Abstract artist Paul 53 Really impresses

54 Hurdle for aspiring

attorneys, for short

55 Tax IDs

58 Scull propeller