NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 The “one” in “the old one-two,” maybe 8 Chivalrous offer
15 “You bet!”
16 Eyes, slangily
17 Become independent … as suggested visually by some of this grid’s black squares
19 It’s a wrap
20 Cereal with a Berry Berry variety
21 Being, to Sartre
22 Taking action
23 Gulf currency
25 Joint
26 Comical Howard
27 Tourist center handout 29 Fun and games, informally
30 Lord of Rivendell in “The Lord of the Rings” 32 Summer cooler
34 Salon offering
36 Any of 13 popes
37 Suits, briefs, etc.
41 Home of Theseus
45 Q&A on Reddit
46 Body parts that become other body parts if you change the second letter to an A 48 ___ Juan
49 Way off, say
51 Summer cooler 52 Wheels of fortune? 53 Slammin’ Sammy 55 Series of ages
56 Like much data 57 Mental eccentricity … as suggested visually by some of this grid’s black squares
60 Briskly, to equestrians 61 Something a short driver might need? 62 Meet at the river, perhaps
63 Unfavorable
DOWN
1 Like a ballet dancer 2 Language akin to portugués
3 Hide seeker
4 Doctor
5 ___ jacket
6 Opposite of drop
7 Line setter
8 Things you can get credit for
9 French article
10 Wallace who wrote “Ben-hur”
11 Relative of Aunt Bee 12 Started making money as an athlete 13 Suspect in Clue
14 Soul
18 Actress Dobrev of “The
Vampire Diaries” 23 Physician on TV’S “Celebrity Rehab” 24 Didn’t end as scheduled
27 Over
28 ___ Corner, section of Westminster Abbey 31 Black ___
33 Place for a retired soldier?
35 Ohio town that was the first permanent settlement in the state (1788)
37 Chocolaty nougat-and-caramel product
38 Give off
39 Face-saving aid at a reunion
40 Canon competitor
42 Will have to face
43 Features of smartphones
44 Blandly agreeable
47 ___ Falls Convention (early women’s rights gathering)
50 Some bow ties
52 French city near the Belgian border
54 Skinny
56 First name in game shows
58 & 59 So-so