NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Certain fish … or sailboats

10 Jon of 2010’s “The Town” 14 Cover for a cowboy

15 Here, in Honduras 16 Beset, as a castle 17 Garb

18 Ones frequently called on to give, for short 19 Makeshift fly

swatter

21 Toward the

poop deck

22 ___ the King Prawn (Muppet in “Muppets Tonight”)

23 Urban open space 26 Hit with a charge 27 Charm

29 Tea party member 34 Ones in charge,

for short 35 Primitive wind

instrument 36 Turned

38 Story of past

glories, maybe? 39 Private leaders 41 City along the

old Oregon Trail 43 IV, to III

44 Hint of things

to come

46 Up to snuff 50 Priest in the

Books of Samuel 51 “___ problem” 52 Suffer in

the sun

53 Picked rock

against paper, say 55 Open

investigation? 58 State as a matter

of fact 59 Computer

statisticians

60 TV host who won a Mark Twain Prize for American Humor 61 Ink holders

DOWN

1 Like twice-told tales

2 Make psyched 3 “You know who I am” 4 Symbols of wave functions 5 Regular guy 6 Lee with three Oscar-garnering films 7 President between James and Grover 8 Lead female role in “Singin’ in the Rain”

9 Gets down,

in a way

10 Made a meal of 11 In-pool fitness

program 12 Rejuvenating treatment at a spa 13 Vegetable aisle freshener 14 Give an unexpected hand 20 Rigby of songdom 23 “My Kind of Town”

lyricist 24 Almost-sacrificed

son in the Bible 25 Summer

26 Add cornstarch to 28 ___ of the earth 29 Defensive ring 30 Selfless gesture 31 One use

for arsenic 32 Former news

agent

33 Gulf Coast flier 37 Concern for

TV’s Aunt Bee 40 Mariah Carey holiday song that was a #1 Adult Contemporary hit 42 Out of sync 45 Irked constantly 46 Curling venue 47 Exchanged some

crosses

48 Figures in a classic logic problem 49 National Mall

liners

50 Airline in the early 1950s’ Operation Ali Baba

52 Minor deviation 54 Derek Jeter’s

retired number 56 Top of Scotland 57 Bit of dance club

equipment