The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Island group that straddles the International Date Line 6 Performing pair 9 Disney’s futuristic theme park 14 Orange-and-white striped swimmers that lure prey to 5-Downs 16 Spice in pumpkin spice

17 Drilling deals 18 Hell

19 Exchanged rings, say

20 Audio device that’s tap-taptapped

21 Coal carrier 23 Figures advised by consiglieres 24 King beater

25 It’s done in the short run 28 “Hitchhiker” whose warning cries help a 31-Down avoid poachers 33 Knighted actor Michael

34 Big beer buy 35 Dos x cuatro 36 Path of a meteor in the sky

37 Had the ability 38 “___ for apple” 39 Moray’s habitat 41 Arm wrestler’s bone of contention? 42 Informal “Shall we …?” 44 Nocturnal flier that disperses seeds of a 40Down

46 Laser pointer or yarn ball, maybe 47 College sr.’s next hurdle, perhaps 48 Brazilian named “Athlete of the Century” by the International Olympic Committee 49 Milk sugar

53 On ___ fours 54 Host of an annual N.Y.C. gala, with “the”

57 Problem for a motorist or stylist 58 Optical device with segmented mirrors 61 Photographer

Adams 62 Mutually beneficial … or a hint to three pairs of crossing answers in this puzzle 63 “Absolutely!,” in

slang 64 “Absolutely!” 65 One of many in a dictionary’s thumb index

DOWN

1 Trash-hauling

boat

2 “That’s ___!”

(“Not so!”) 3 Foundry

receptacle

4 Barn hooter 5 Stinging sea creature that offers protection to 14-Across 6 Some of these are

compact

7 Put into practice 8 Very, very 9 Payment sans ink

and paper 10 Inactive pill,

maybe

11 End piece?

12 ___ easy 13 Midterm, e.g. 15 Barely there 22 Was in a rush 23 Noisy clattering 25 Inhale, as dinner 26 Apple tool 27 Houston sch. 28 Poke fun at 29 Tenerife, por

ejemplo 30 “Sorry, too

busy”

31 Horned grazer that provides mite meals to a 28-Across 32 “Ooh, tell us

everything!” 34 Certain soda pop 37 Rubik’s toys 40 Ficus that produces sweets favored by a 44-Across 42 Encloses with

bricks, e.g. 43 Feasted

45 Toll collectors of

folklore 46 A-lister 48 Lifeline locales 49 Future atty.’s

hurdle

50 The “A” in A.D. 51 Toss out a line

and lure

52 “Keep commerce

human” website 54 Big name in

applesauce 55 Grand in scale 56 PC crash fixer 59 Cat’s-___ 60 Dove’s call