The New York Times Crossword Answers below

ACROSS

1 Regions

6 Made over from square one

11 Mushroom top

14 Donkey used as a pack animal

15 Wear away, as soil

16 Aioli ingredient … or three of

the letters in “aioli”

17 *Indoor bouldering locale

19 “Much ___ About Nothing”

20 Produce, as by a gland

21 Found a place for on the

schedule

23 Slice of history

24 Purple avenue in Monopoly

25 “Too bad, so sad!”

28 French for “milk”

30 “___ well that ends well”

32 Kids may make one out of

pillows or snow

33 ___ and outs

34 Say no, when given a choice

36 Do something

37 *Male equivalent of a she

shed

39 What to call a knight

40 Kind of sleeve that extends to

the collar

42 Miley Cyrus’s “Party in the

___”

43 Grp. that opposes foie gras

and wearing fur

44 Den 45 Heart of the matter

46 Thingy

47 Ambitiously pursue, as an

opportunity

49 Janis ___, “Mean Girls”

sidekick

51 Give support to

53 Cosmetic reapplication

57 Gorilla, e.g.

58 “Stick with it!” … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues

60 La Brea ___ Pits (Los Angeles

attraction)

61 Rhode Island, the ___ State

62 This Greek letter: Ω

63 Crafty

64 Proudly brainy sorts

65 Passover meal

DOWN

1 Kindergarten basics

2 “I before E except after C,” e.g.

3 Children’s book author ___ Carle

4 Place where elbows bump on a

plane

5 Not drunk

6 Philosopher Descartes

7 Unit of work

8 Watched a neighbor’s pup, say

9 Pastoral poem

10 Cassette submitted to a

record label

11 *Room by the foyer, often

12 Errand runner 13 Lumber (along)

18 Like pizzas and piazzas

22 ___-A-whirl (carnival ride)

24 Cookie, to the Brits

25 Off in the distance

26 Good person to ask to show

you around town

27 *Place to buy a painting

29 ___ Arbor, Mich.

31 Multiroom hotel offering

34 A big one might be standing

in a concert hall

35 Coal carrier

37 Running portion of an Ironman

race

38 Stubborn animal

41 Claims rated “four

Pinocchios,” say

43 “I must be dreaming!”

45 Gather, as support

48 What a dove symbolizes

50 Cars

51 Faces a pitcher

52 Birthstone for most Libras

53 Breath mint containers

54 Follow, as advice

55 Compulsive feeling

56 Not-quite-round fruit

59 Aimlessly wander (about)