NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Gum-producing plant 5 Addition to a compost pile

9 Rush home?

13 Store discount comeon

15 ___-Turkish War (postw.w. I conflict) 16 “Doesn’t concern me” 17 Take two

18 “Not true!”

19 Former Houston hockey team 20 Illustration, for example: Abbr.

21 Ad time filler, for short 22 Half of an interrogation team

24 Neighbors of Estonians 26 First American film in which a toilet in heard being flushed (1960) 28 Equally distant

31 Cry at a surprise birthday party

33 Shut (up)

34 Pull a fast one on 35 Chill

36 Where a stud might go 37 Big name in Deco

design 38 Hipsteresque, in a way 39 Struck out

40 Like bonds designated

AAA 42 A-listers

44 Little mischief-makers 46 Fernando or Felipe, once

47 Word with nursing or training

50 Touch of color

51 One making a living by pushing drugs, informally

54 Contend

55 Sound evidence? 56 Good earth

57 Stay with a friend, say 58 Concerning

59 What areology is the study of

60 Synthetic fiber, for short

DOWN

1 Sources of cashmere 2 Openly confident

3 ___ fusion (cuisine) 4 Large quantity

5 Like the role of Albus Dumbledore after the second Harry Potter movie

6 All huffy

7 “Me neither” 8 Poindexter

9 Gives away to a better home, in a modern coinage

10 Back in again 11 One who hates heights

12 Messes around (with) 14 Daffy Duck, notably 15 Addressees of valedictories

23 High point

24 “Nobody ever told me,” e.g.

25 Deposits in some banks

27 Bit of punditry

28 “___ Death,” movement from “Peer Gynt”

29 Metal in a junk heap 30 Cause of typos, humorously

32 One who gives a lot of orders

35 Be highly regarded 39 Clean lightly, as a floor 41 Listings in a travel guide

43 Metaphor for penthouse suites

45 Back problem

47 “Project Runway” cable channel

48 Turn back

49 Mimic’s skill 50 Anklebones

52 Activity for which you need a fair amount of wiggle room

53 On