NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “Darn it!”

5 In base eight 10 “Resident Alien” channel

14 Sound heard in a long hall

15 Tennis champ Osaka

16 City with a beef 17 Jovial seasonal mood

20 ___-Seltzer

21 Take a snooze, with “out”

22 Cost of not doing business, maybe 29 Significant ___ 30 Hubbub

31 Like many a go-getter

32 Warrior in the Greek pantheon 33 Regional wildlife 35 Lovable goofball, say

36 NASA endeavors whose vehicles can be found at the ends of 17-, 22-, 51and 57-Across 39 Sketch show since ’75

40 Fist bump 41 Walkie-talkie band, briefly

44 Place to catch up over a hot drink 48 When repeated, slangy sound of eating

51 Why everyone loves a good train wreck 54 Fish also known as a bluegill

55 Make a bow

Title woman in a classic 1973 breakup tune 57 Uniquely American cleverness

60 ___ homo

61 Rest atop 62 Cheeseboard choice

63 Quizzical Quebec questions?

64 “I ___ know” (common excuse) 65 Member of the fam 56

DOWN

1 College app element

2 “___ Tannenbaum” (16th-century folk song that inspired a carol)

3 Avid skateboarder, in lingo

4 Gardeners’ orders, at times

5 Straight out of the barrel

6 Nanny ___

7 Ode words 8 Morning hrs. 9 Composer of the piano piece played by Bugs Bunny in “Rhapsody Rabbit”

10 Lose the suit, say 11 Certain designer dog

12 Clarice Starling’s employer in “The Silence of the Lambs,” in brief 13 Nevertheless 18 Hershey toffee confection

19 Fit of sullenness 22 Fertile ground 23 “___ vez” (“Again,” in

Valencia)

24 Bother 25 “Hamilton” actor

Leslie ___ Jr. 26 Indian flatbread

27 Cousin of a gull 28 Gabs

33 Like hay on a farm 34 “Same here”

37 Eventually

38 ___ Islands, Polynesian archipelago 41 Awkward

farewell

42 Poet who coined the term “carpe diem”

43 Kind of kiss 45 Timing of the Mercutio/tybalt duel in “Romeo and Juliet”

46 Unfixable

47 Home to the deepest lake and river gorge in the U.S.

48 Cold rice topped with wasabi and raw fish

49 Likely cause of a cranky toddler’s ear-tugging 50 “Ridiculous!” 52 Soaks up the hot

sun

53 Ignores

58 Days gone by, in

bygone days 59 Fangorn Forest dweller