NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Official on a Segway, maybe 8 Rotating part of

a tape recorder 15 Merchant with tiny shopping carts

16 Another name for an ear shell 17 Epitome of completeness 18 Edits, as text 19 When el Día de los Reyes is celebrated 20 It’s an honor 22 Playground

declaration 23 Edward Fairfax ___, “Billy Budd” captain 24 Exclaimed

26 Little

sweater?

27 Back

28 Changed course

quickly, at sea 30 Christmas bowlful 31 1992 hit for k. d.

lang

34 Reddish orange 35 Radio format

for Radiohead 41 Chit in a pot 42 Heavy-handed

administrations 43 De : French :: ___ :

German

44 Big Caribbean

exports 46 Massenet opera 47 ___ Belbenoît, noted escapee from Devil’s Island

48 Jazz genre

50 Web portal with a

Bing search bar 51 Sickos

52 Court order 54 Conforms (to) 56 Ignore the

alarm, say 57 Downtime 58 Heartfelt 59 Depot’s

terminus?

DOWN

1 One role for

a helicopter 2 Simultaneously 3 In a bit

4 Petrol measure 5 Role for Liz in ’63 6 Subj. of the 2003 book “The Meaning of Everything” 7 Reason to refuse an invitation 8 Those prone to recidivism 9 White House nickname 10 Puppet 11 Single-masted

boat

12 Trattoria

dessert

13 Keeper of logs? 14 Savings 21 Nutrition science 24 Band selection 25 Obtained (from) 28 Edwin with the

1970 #1 hit “War” 29 Dwellers on the

North Sea 32 Abbr. in an

office address 33 See, in Tijuana 35 Where drones

return

36 Parsons of old

Hollywood gossip 37 Lock component 38 Inundate 39 Persuaded

one

40 Mideast diet 45 Philosopher

Kierkegaard 47 Dodgers Hall-ofFamer whose #1 has been retired 49 Word with organ

or cleaner 51 Man’s nickname in a metropolitan orchestra? 53 Member of the

family, for short 55 “Ad majorem ___ gloriam” (motto of the Jesuits)