The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 ___ for apples (have some fall fun)

4 Start of the day, in poetry

8 Emmy or Grammy

13 Prefix with center

14 Off-limits

15 Jazz great Count ___

16 Chicken piece that’s

not a breast or a wing

17 Come up

18 Director Welles

19 The 2005 compilation “Killer Queen” is one honoring Queen

22 Guided adventure in

the Serengeti

23 Drill sergeant’s

“Relax!”

27 Chemistry lab device

31 Doesn’t have

34 Attempts

35 “___ Te Ching”

(philosophical text)

36 Jazz great Fitzgerald

37 Sounds from new

instant messages

38 Basic origami step

39 U.S. spy org.

40 Who might grant you

three wishes

41 Present, past or future

perfect

42 Topper for a Whopper

45 Liveliness, from the

French

46 Flower that vanilla

comes from

50 Classic song about a soulmate … or a phonetic hint for repeated pairs of letters in 19-, 27- and 42-Across

54 Fashion label from

Milan

57 ___ donna

58 “Why was 6 afraid of

7? Because 7 ___ 9!”

59 Sun-related

60 No longer available, as

a seat

61 Bit of body ink, for

short

62 Rats (on)

63 Kerfuffle

64 General on a Chinese

menu

DOWN

1 Straps that go around the waist

2 “La Bohème” or “La Traviata”

3 It’s very unlikely to happen

4 Actor/comedian Steve

5 8-Across for some New York plays

6 Civil rights icon ___ Parks

7 Christmas carol

8 Information header on a business’s website

9 Higher in temperature

10 ___-backwards

(utterly wrong, in slang)

11 ___ de Janeiro

12 Thieves’ hangout

14 Ford model that’s also

a zodiac sign

20 Loaf-shaped cake

21 Innocent sorts “in the

woods”

24 Playwright Chekhov

25 Makes watertight, say

26 Wear away

28 Attack, as a bee might

29 Muppet who loves his

rubber duckie

30 Neighbor of Mali

31 Milk, in Spanish

32 Buffalo Bill, for William

Cody

33 Gripping tool

37 Capital of Western

Australia

38 Engage in épée, e.g.

40 Things with necks and

frets

41 Head covering that’s

wrapped

43 ___ shower (pre

wedding event)

44 One born shortly after

W.W. II, informally

47 Hotel chain whose name rhymes with “quiet”

48 Scintillas

49 Because of

51 Many N.Y.C. dwellings:

Abbr.

52 “Oh, nerts!”

53 Kind of bar with

island-themed drinks

54 Winter hrs. in L.A.

55 Fish eggs

56 “___ roads lead to

Rome”