NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Extra-special delivery?

9 Rocker whose best-selling album was the punnily titled “Sheik Yerbouti” 14 Hit reality show starting in 2011 15 Formed ranks

16 “If I’m being honest,” in modern slang 17 Position 18 Singer/songwriter on Canada’s Walk of Fame 19 Feed for news

headquarters 21 W.W. I horror 23 Bazaar parts 26 Least bit,

in a phrase 27 “Sounds like

a plan!”

30 “The ___ and the

Fox” (Aesop fable) 31 Something a mantis has only one of, surprisingly 34 “Ah, makes sense” 36 One of two Harrison compositions on the Beatles’ “Let It Be”

38 Not natural 39 Drumming sound 40 Goal for aspiring comedians, for short

41 When the P.G.A. Championship is held annually: Abbr. 42 Hard-to-solve

problem 43 “Skedaddle!” 45 Uncommon blood

classification 47 Informal question to someone who’s late 51 Spanish football

powerhouse 53 Magic charm 57 Group of PC gurus 58 Onetime RCA rival 60 “In actuality …” 61 Absolutely

clobbered

62 One of the

Kennedys 63 Redeemed

DOWN

1 De ___ manera

(elsewise: Sp.) 2 TV host Julie 3 Material for

outdoor furniture 4 Tanning salon

fixture

5 Bad thing

to go to

6 They’re beyond

belief

7 Brilliance 8 William Shatner

sci-fi novel 9 Astronaut’s

experience

10 One way to Rome 11 Courteous host’s request 12 Notification sound

13 Penny, maybe 15 Enticing pics of

things to eat 20 Some West

African money 22 Start of a

fitness motto 23 Duck

24 Rambo,

for one 25 Up-and-comer 28 Do some

course prep? 29 Papyrus, e.g. 32 Goes from Tokyo

to Kyoto, say 33 Fixed, as a bow 35 TV M.D. 37 Certain high

school whiz kid 44 Locale for

touchdowns 46 Taqueria

offering 48 Modern

torrent

49 Wild West

show prop 50 Nips

51 Replete 52 French

government 54 He wrote “The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses” 55 Bon ___ 56 Creatures captured in Hercules’ 10th labor 59 Informal

turndown