The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Part of a doorframe
5 Goat’s bleat
8 Catch, as fly balls
12 Ingredient in some topical gels
13 Furniture item often facing a TV
15 Writer Ephron
16 Top
17 The blahs, more formally
18 October birthstone
19 *Children’s book whose title character says “If I can fool a bug, I can surely fool a man. People are not as smart as bugs”
22 Dead even
23 Holds on to
26 “Isn’t ___ bit like you and me?” (Beatles lyric)
27 ___ Rizzo, main role in “Midnight Cowboy”
31 Genie’s locale
32 It has fuzzy skin
34 French word in some bistro names
35 Greek goddess of discord
36 “___ you asked …”
37 Game often played with a random number generator
38 ___-advised
39 Late actor Ed
40 Small interval for grouping data, to a coder
41 Baseball rival of BOS
42 Takes classes at
44 Sushi topper
45 Say that you’re going, say
47 Bygone jet, for short
48 Unwanted discovery in a refrigerator
50 Accumulate
52 Radish lookalike
54 Yard sale caveat
55 Whom you might contact after a computer crash
59 Eight, in Italian
60 Persistent little sibling, maybe
61 Title winner
62 Hijab, e.g.
63 National Endowment
for the ___
64 Unsupported assertion
65 Big name in petrol
DOWN
1 The “one” in a one-two
2 Actor Baldwin
3 Dance in a pit
4 Downloads in the testing phase
5 Muslims, e.g., but not Hindus
6 *Chain known for its soft pretzels
7 Bit of décor?
8 Layered buildup in the Arctic
9 Wish
10 Part of U.A.E.
11 ___ pal
13 Housing in the big house
14 Rushed, old-style
20 Monogram of the “Treasure
Island” author
21 California’s Big ___
23 Fashion’s Calvin
24 One who’s up at dawn
25 *Prominent left-leaning political action committee
28 Literary trio found in the answers to this puzzle’s starred clues
29 “Affliction” for those close to graduation
30 Globe coverer
32 H.S. exam
33 Word with immunity or mentality
42 “The Simpsons” storekeeper
43 ___’wester (hat)
46 Pieces of three-pieces
49 Teed off
50 One of the Smurfs
51 Insta uploads
52 Care for cars?
53 Sport with mallets
56 “___ Carter V” (2018 Lil
Wayne album)
57 Part of L.G.B.T.
58 Hesitant syllables