NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Bitter end?

5 Many a line from Benjamin Franklin 10 Fool, in British slang 14 Numerical prefix 15 First name in rap history

16 Look (for), as a compliment 17 Question after “Hey!” 20 Bathroom or beach supply

21 Eye intently 22 “Awake in the Dark” author

23 Mic holders 26 Soccer superstar Lionel

27 Gutenberg’s Bible, e.g. 28 Workers, dismissively 30 Jean who wrote “Wide Sargasso Sea” 31 [Don’t you think you’re milking it a bit too much?] 32 Enid who wrote “National Velvet” 34 ___ milk

35 Checker of someone’s

vitals

36 2008 presidential campaign topic 37 Name associated with chicken 38 Unwavering

39 Takes off

40 Focus of Boyle’s law 41 Relative of philia and agape, to the Greeks 43 Fortune 500 company whose products have a trademarked green-and-yellow color scheme

44 Capital of South Sudan 45 Hertfordshire neighbor 47 Provider of a traveler’s

check, for short

48 Like

49 Item suggested visually by the black squares in this puzzle’s grid 52 Like many an ESPN Deportes watcher 55 Full-bodied

59 Redress 60 Reduplicative dance name 61 Impressively tough, slangily

62 Marched

DOWN

1 “Hmm …” 2 Millennials, in relation to their parents 3 “Hope” and “Friendship,” for two 4 HBO’s “Veep,” e.g. 5 Envelope abbr. 6 “OB-viously!”

7 Parrot

8 Go on and on 9 Vaper’s device

10 Big name in pharmaceuticals 11 Not be in the driver’s seat

12 Simple

13 “In other words …” 18 Juicer

19 Group of whales 23 Heavy metal band with the doubleplatinum album “Countdown to Extinction” 24 Victory 25 Seafood known for its sweet taste and delicate texture 28 Peeled

29 Group running

together

32 Tender

33 Many profs

42 ___ Kyle, Catwoman’s

alter ego

44 Go on and on 46 Places for pedestrians

to be alert, informally 48 Drink with a straw 50 Sez

51 Some wares in a china shop

52 The International Space Station, e.g. 53 DuVernay who directed “A Wrinkle in Time”

54 ___ Baker (British

clothing retailer) 56 Italian cardinal 57 Bummed

58 ___ time