The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Congratulatory

gestures

6 Div. of the Treasury Department 9 “Murder Mystery” or “Roaring ’Twenties,” for a party

14 “Todo Sobre Mi ___” (1999 Almodóvar film) 15 Stick on a rack 16 Like some legs

and mustaches 17 Aptly named

Olympic sprinter 19 Epic poem written in dactylic hexameter

20 It’s multifaceted 21 Rudely arrogant 22 “___ no sin to cheat the devil”: Daniel Defoe 23 The Cowardly Lion, back in Kansas

24 Aptly named six-time All-Star first baseman 30 Bread with a palindromic name

31 Cry for

assistance

32 Hold up

34 Actor Elgort of

“Baby Driver” 36 “___ queen!” 37 Mist a spot? 39 Animal that symbolizes good fortune in Chinese culture 40 Mushrooms found

in ramen 43 Shake, as a tail 44 Aptly named

tennis great 47 Behind, in

England 48 Football carriers:

Abbr.

49 Listen to gossip,

in slang

52 What driver’s

licenses serve as 57 Writer Nin 58 Aptly named N.B.A. M.V.P., in a manner of speaking 59 Period of work 60 Plastic ___ Band 61 “Later” 62 Album makeup 63 Gives the nod 64 Legally prohibit

DOWN

1 Self-satisfied 2 Use a beam on,

as for cutting 3 Apple consumer with an unhappy story to tell? 4 Mint

5 Submitted

6 Tiny floppy disk,

for “Save”

7 Reign

8 Decided

9 Puts out light,

as a star 10 Angelic, in a

way

11 ___ strategy 12 Most substantial

part

13 Small vortex 18 Painter of “The Garden of Earthly Delights”

21 “Be as you wish

to ___”: Socrates 23 Shuts up 24 Bygone airline with a logo nicknamed the “Blue Meatball” 25 One who may use the pronoun “I and I” (meaning God-in-me) 26 Children’s character who says “It’s not much of a tail, but I’m sort of attached to it” 27 Unreliable sort 28 Statistical

calculation 29 Event for a Comedy Central special

30 Capture 33 “Later”

35 They allow you to kick back and relax

38 Unnamed guests 41 Org. behind the

Artemis program 42 New England

seafood staple 45 Five stars,

maybe

46 More than right 49 Give attitude 50 Digging

51 Bread: Fr.

52 Pop star whose name is stylized with an exclamation point in place of its second letter 53 Insurance grps. 54 “O.G. Original

Gangster” rapper 55 Word before “… wanna go home,” in calypso 56 Instant, as a

decision

58 When doubled,

excessive