NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Barb from the

mouth

9 Tedious work 14 Captain of the mathletes, stereotypically 16 Talking points? 17 Cavernous

opening

18 Before: Fr.

19 Be expressive, say 20 Singer with the 2014 hit “Chandelier” 21 Queen or king

maker

22 Operate on with a

beam

23 Prefix with

marathon 25 Meaningful

26 Dir. from Duluth, Minn., to

Madison, Wis. 27 You won’t see

them again 29 Weekly show filmed in Studio 8H, for short 30 Pioneer in graph

theory

31 Covered porch 33 Midriff-revealing

wear

36 “Don’t mind me!” 37 It’s a series of

movements 38 What four quarters make

39 Some online comments, for short

40 Primary source of revenue for Facebook 42 Chocolate ___ 45 “After you, ___” 47 People

48 Nymph who divulged Jupiter’s affair with Juturna, in Ovid 49 Derive

51 PIN point

52 Sink

53 Quartz type 54 Certain library

fund-raiser 56 Numbskull 57 Reassure 58 Numbskull 59 Prison guard in the Harry Potter books

DOWN

1 They can be

everything

2 Kids : goats ::

crias : ___

3 Buck

4 What you’re usually advised not to wear to someone’s wedding

5 Tennis player Caroline Wozniacki or actress Brigitte Nielsen 6 Oscar-winning Lee 7 You might not get it during a power nap

8 Brutus, e.g. 9 College figs. 10 Went all over 11 “My suspicion is …”

12 Company whose name is said to mean “Leave luck to heaven” 13 Purchase for a

smartphone 15 Pluto, e.g. 23 Dumps 24 Many ski lodges 27 Word with sight or

control

28 Some Indian wear 30 Org. with the Office of Land and Emergency Management 32 One of a couple,

say

33 First of three spinoffs in an acclaimed TV franchise

34 Pluto, e.g. 35 Where you might incur charges overseas

36 Pen pal?

38 Like mushrooms and shrimp, often

41 Really takes off 42 Attack

43 Melodic passage 44 Campaign rally

decoration

46 “I’m with you” 48 Get dark

50 It may be high for

a penthouse 52 Lessen

55 Moat feature