The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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

onaPC 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)