NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Pirates, say

6 “Like, no way!” 10 Refilling site

14 “The City of a Thousand Minarets” 15 Sound from a toy train 16 First name of an early explorer of Vinland 17 Tweak

18 Point for Poseidon 19 Bombeck who wrote “I Lost Everything in the Post-natal Depression” 20 ___-jongg

21 Whittles down

23 Rap

24 Something heard in court

26 Michigan, e.g.: Abbr. 27 Mysterious monster, familiarly

28 Rush-hour subway commuter, metaphorically

30 Fig. on some I.R.S. forms

31 Extra periods, for short 32 “Oh, baloney!”

34 Artful

35 Goal-scoring opportunities in soccer … or a hint to this puzzle’s theme

37 Efron of Hollywood 38 “When We Were Very

Young” author, 1924 39 Snazzy dresser 40 Christmas season purchase 41 20 Questions category 45 20 Questions category 47 One of the Cyclades 48 Place for un béret

49 Free to attack

50 “Go ahead, shoot!” 52 Role for Vin Diesel in the “Fast & Furious” movies

53 Student ___ 54 Easy-to-park car 55 “Don’t make me laugh!”

57 Role for John Cho in the “Star Trek” movies 58 Troubles

59 Easiest rating for a ski slope

60 Type of short haircut 61 Picks up

62 Bunker need

DOWN

1 Rigorous training courses

2 “I’m not listening to you!”

3 Whichever

4 Hurdle for an M.A. pursuer

5 Breed

6 Athleisure, e.g.

7 Liking

8 Cannon ammo in sci-fi 9 Challenger

10 Vales

11 “Sssss” makers

12 Video game series since 1989

13 Deceptive basketball moves

22 Target for clippers 23 Burns up in film? 25 Stopgap, maybe 27 In which nothing is everything

29 “Should ___ shouldn’t …”

30 Affectionate noserubbing

33 Knockoff of a Greek sculpture?

34 Something to shoot for 35 University of Oregon logo

36 Default for many airport TVS

37 Daydream

39 Doesn’t land, as a joke 40 It’s chewed by the chatty

42 Ripen, maybe

43 Made good

44 Common seafood garnish

46 “Put your big boy pants on!”

47 Immature retort

50 Hill worker

51 Items carried in spoons in an outdoor race

54 Time, e.g., in brief 56 Singer/songwriter Rita