The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Composer of the piano piece played in the “Tom and Jerry” short “The Cat Concerto” 6 Fuse 10 Sugarcoated, in a way 14 Dancing like a ballerina 15 “Sounds good!” 16 First line on a form, often

17 Par _ _ _ (by airmail, in French) 18 Word after lo or chow 19 Phaser setting 20 Sports bar purchases? 23 Summer setting in Mass.

24 Actor Kingsley 25 Guy in a crew 28 Do a cobbler’s job on

30 Like a kitten cuddling with a puppy 32 Before, in poetry 33 Sports bar purchases? 36 Recipient of the inaugural A.T.P. Player of the Year award 39 “Chandelier” singer

40 Has a student loan, say 41 Sports bar purchases?

46 Assistance 47 Every which way 48 Relents

52 Gets the hair just right, say 54 “Better Call Saul” network 55 Spanish article 56 Sports bar purchases? 60 Recite the rosary, e.g. 62 Currency of Portugal 63 Occupied, as a desk

64 Free speech org. 65 Hair removal brand

66 Cut down to size 67 “Golf is a good

_ _ _ spoiled” 68 Fix because of flatness, say 69 Some are for passing

DOWN

1 Apt shoe for a bread maker? 2 What the aliens do in “The War of the Worlds”

3 Work assignments 4 ___ suit

5 Not ridiculous, as an argument 6 Persons who identify as female, in an alternative spelling 7 Scraped together, with “out” 8 Hideout

9 Tang, for one 10 App with “Stories,” informally 11 Bee’s knees 12 Outback bird 13 Hideout

21 In view 22 Brokers’ charges 26 Fotografía, por ejemplo

27 Loch _ _ _ 29 Abbr. above “0” 30 Quickly form a friendship (with) 31 Home of the Sundance Film Festival 34 Apropos of 35 Zoom meeting leader 36 Lickety-split 37 Ruckus 38 Wanted for nothing 42 Daddy, in Spanish

43 “Whew! That was exhausting!” 44 Muppet who speaks in a falsetto 45 Withdrawal to avoid a conflict of interest 49 Oman’s ruler, e.g. 50 Agita 51 Presses Ctrl-V on aPC 53 Symbol of poison on a warning label 54 Treasure 57 Feast with poi 58 Blarney Stone locale

59 Dad, in Chinese 60 Fido’s foot 61 Record label that released the first 45 r.p.m. single (1949)