The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Congratulatory gestures
6 Div. of the Treasury Department
9 “Murder Mystery” or “Roaring ’Twenties,” for a party
14 “Todo Sobre Mi ___” (1999 Almodóvar film)
15 Stick on a rack
16 Like some legs and mustaches
17 Aptly named Olympic sprinter
19 Epic poem written in dactylic hexameter
20 It’s multifaceted
21 Rudely arrogant
22 “___ no sin to cheat the devil”: Daniel Defoe
23 The Cowardly
Lion, back in Kansas
24 Aptly named sixtime All-Star first baseman
30 Bread with a palindromic name
31 Cry for assistance
32 Hold up
34 Actor Elgort of “Baby Driver”
36 “___ queen!”
37 Mist a spot?
39 Animal that symbolizes good fortune in Chinese culture
40 Mushrooms found in ramen
43 Shake, as a tail
44 Aptly named tennis great
47 Behind, in England
48 Football carriers: Abbr.
49 Listen to gossip, in slang
52 What driver’s licenses serve as
57 Writer Nin
58 Aptly named N.B.A. M.V.P., in a manner of speaking
59 Period of work
60 Plastic ___ Band
61 “Later”
62 Album makeup
63 Gives the nod
64 Legally prohibit
DOWN
1 Self-satisfied
2 Use a beam on, as for cutting
3 Apple consumer with an unhappy story to tell?
4 Mint
5 Submitted
6 Tiny floppy disk, for “Save”
7 Reign
8 Decided
9 Puts out light, as a star
10 Angelic, in a way
11 ___ strategy
12 Most substantial part
13 Small vortex
18 Painter of “The Garden of Earthly Delights”
21 “Be as you wish to ___”: Socrates
23 Shuts up
24 Bygone airline with a logo nicknamed the “Blue Meatball”
25 One who may use the pronoun “I and I” (meaning Godin-me)
26 Children’s character who says “It’s not much of a tail, but I’m sort of attached to it”
27 Unreliable sort
28 Statistical calculation
29 Event for a Comedy Central special
30 Capture
33 “Later”
35 They allow you to kick back and relax
38 Unnamed guests
41 Org. behind the Artemis program
42 New England seafood staple
45 Five stars, maybe
46 More than right
49 Give attitude
50 Digging
51 Bread: Fr.
52 Pop star whose name is stylized with an exclamation point in place of its second letter
53 Insurance grps.
54 “O.G. Original Gangster” rapper
55 Word before “… wanna go home,” in calypso
56 Instant, as a decision
58 When doubled, excessive