New York Post

Quick Crossword

Across 1 Gentle touches

5 Raise, as morale

10 Harvest

14 Baker’s appliance

15 One of the Three Musketeers 16 Penne __ vodka

17 Intimate conversati­on in bed 19 “The Rabbit Hutch” National Book Award winner Gunty 20 Pizzeria owner in “Do the Right Thing”

21 Prepare ahead of time

22 Make a quick policy change 23 Coming in handy

25 Laundry apparatus used as a percussion instrument 28 Funnel-shaped flower

30 Apple platform

31 Greek letter before upsilon 32 Fellows

33 CPR pro

34 “Been there, __ that” 35 Aerosolize­d popcorn condiment 38 Yes votes

40 Key __: car remote

41 Bit of positivity?

42 Bad review

43 Poivre partner

44 Ideal

48 Timepiece innards

51 Muscat resident

52 “NCIS” protagonis­t __ Jethro Gibbs

53 Lyft competitor

55 Show hosts, for short 56 Actress Shawkat

57 Actor’s stand-in, or a hint to what can precede both parts of 17-, 25-, 35-, and 48-Across 60 Exams for srs.

61 Foe

62 Wax alternativ­e

63 Whack

64 Like grainy graphics

65 Best Female Athlete, e.g.

Down

1 Comes as a surprise, maybe

2 Fly a plane

3 “Preach!”

4 NBC sketch show, familiarly 5 Weep loudly

6 Capital of Canada

7 Hawaiian word for “family” 8 Pine-__: cleaning brand 9 Disapprovi­ng sound

10 Math comparison

11 Stairs alternativ­e 12 Concession speech giver 13 Late, as a library book

18 First game of the season

22 “All Creatures Great and Small” airer

24 Sugar cubes

26 “Atlas” actor Liu

27 Good intel

29 Shortly

33 Flow out

34 Jeans material

35 Miss, in Mexico

36 “Carpe diem” acronym

37 “My Neighbor __”: 1988 Miyazaki film

38 Sr.’s course for college credit 39 Sonia Sotomayor’s alma mater 43 Pie in the __

44 “I’m cool with that”

45 Deadly African snakes 46 Release, as a carabiner

47 “__ loves company” 49 Seashore

50 More impolite

54 Dreyer’s ice cream, east of the Rockies

57 “The Fresh Prince of __-Air” 58 Artist Yoko

59 French article