The New York Times

ACROSS

1 Like faces around a campfire at night

6 One whose business is homebased?

9 Part of a diplomatic address, maybe

14 Spot for an umbrella

15 Pickup line?

17 Perfectly timed

18 Fluffy four-footed friend

19 Fire ___

20 Smart remarks?

22 Popular camp assemblies

23 Aid in preventing a soup stain, maybe

26 Passes

28 They’re worn on the road

30 Seljuk Empire citizen

31 Cozy chairs for pairs

33 Word with base or combat

34 Side dish in Cajun cuisine 36 Vaccine target 39 Acute bronchitis, familiarly

41 Bill

43 Motif in much Christian art

45 Squirt-squirt-squirt-squirt

47 Screwballs

49 W.W. I headgear

51 “It’s just OK”

52 With 60-Across, East Asian cuisine style

53 Print source

55 Go off with a hitch?

57 Former home of the San Antonio Spurs

58 “Ha, fell right into my trap!”

59 Neuter

60 See 52-Across 61 Sudden blasts

DOWN

1 In-depth subject for a war historian?

2 Tip with ink

3 Milk-producing

4 Frequent setting on “Chicago Med”

5 Historic London venue

6 ___ triple play, baseball feat rarer than a perfect game

7 Chaps

8 Cello quartet

9 Comedian Marc

10 Peak overlooking Armenia’s capital

11 Backgammon accessory

12 2019 sci-fi film starring Brad Pitt

13 Came across

16 Break

21 Where many a drive ends, unfortunately

24 Hunk

25 Pursues for food, say

27 Hit high in the air

29 Old-timey hearing aid

32 Deep-fried British treat wrapped with sausage and bread crumbs

35 Essayist who wrote “Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever lays one down without a feeling of disappointment”

36 Focus of middle management?

37 Skink or gecko

38 Places where things are all tied up?

40 Throw back some Jack, say

42 Checkers cry

44 Online companion animal

46 2021 Chinese zodiac sign

48 Inhibits

50 Classic moonroof alternative

53 44-Downs, once

54 Online qualifier

56 ___ Hoover, first lady before Eleanor Roosevelt