NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Burden of proof

5 “Like ___” (remark dismissing concern) 10 Tried to steal second, maybe 14 Impudent 15 Things called in roll call 16 French film

17 “Look how great I did!” 18 Computer help for a witch?

20 Fish that’s a source of caviar 22 Smooth transition from one topic to the next 23 Gradually withdraw, as from the bottle 24 Wearing only a bottom 26 Educational institution for witches?

29 Clock sound at

6 a.m., maybe 30 Engrossed 31 Centerpiece of

a beer bash

34 Canines

35 Aches and ___ 37 Possess

38 Takes too much, briefly 39 Tempo

40 Like a haunted house 41 How one might be forced to accept a witch? 44 Japanese warrior 47 “The Ghost and Mrs. ___” (1947 movie) 48 Super tennis servers 49 July 4, for the United States 53 Utterances from witches?

56 Dublin’s land

57 Lit ___ (coll. course) 58 Seriously overweight 59 Similar (to)

60 Grains used in Cheerios 61 “Hyperion” poet John 62 Wines like Beaujolais and Chianti

DOWN

1 Chooses (to)

2 Tidy

3 Language of Pakistan 4 Sci-fi movie that’s inspired many a Halloween costume 5 Line down a pant leg 6 Chickens for roasting 7 “I’ll second that!” 8 Seminary subj. 9 Immigrant’s subj. 10 Actor Maximilian 11 Feudal lord

12 Ear bone

13 Hockey feints

19 Bill worth 100 smackers 21 Target for a disinfectant wipe 24 Hotter ___ hell

25 “My bad!”

26 Dirt clump

27 Witches

28 Moans and groans, e.g. 29 “Much ___ About Nothing”

31 Marx who co-wrote “The Communist Manifesto”

32 Like Michael Myers of “Halloween” 33 “Huh, fancy that!” 35 Prefix with legal or trooper

36 Start of a play

37 “I’ll second that!” 39 Analyze

grammatically 40 Rearrange, as text 41 German sausages 42 In the thick of

43 Ones patient

with patients 44 Vanzetti’s partner

in 1920s crime 45 Honda luxury brand 46 Kind of badge for

a boy scout

49 La ___ Tar Pits 50 Construction on the

coast of Holland 51 Lacking rainfall 52 Hankerings

54 Stir-fry vessel

55 U.K. award