NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 World capital where the language Ga is spoken

6 Dish often topped with goat cheese and cranberries 15 Cut scene? 16 Yanqui

17 Food for a brown

bear 18 “Understood” 19 Reprimand to the

overly speedy 21 First name at Springfield Elementary

22 End of many a co.

name

23 Abbr. of interest 26 A male one is a

jack

28 Machine shop

essential

31 Peter preceder, in a phonetic alphabet

32 “Well, of course!” 33 Held eye contact

for too long, say 36 Festival observed every October 31 to November 2 38 February

honoree 39 Something to do

for peace

40 It’s named for the Norse god of war: Abbr.

41 Head overseas 42 Big purchaser of

scanners, in brief 43 Black ___

44 Part of NATO:

Abbr.

46 Red states, once 49 One meaning of a raised index finger 54 Completely 58 Name derived from the Greek for “holy” 59 Sending to the

cloud, e.g. 60 Sound name 61 Figureheads? 62 Question from someone waving across a crowded room

DOWN

1 Source of some

bubbles 2 Amazon icon

3 Narrow escapes 4 “Row, Row, Row Your Boat,” for one

5 Composer Bruckner

6 ___ Lawson, W.N.B.A. starturned-coach for the Boston Celtics

7 “___ Gitano,” Spanish-language hit for Beyoncé and Alejandro Fernández

8 Bound to follow 9 Bring into existence 10 Brought into

existence

11 Word often followed by a Roman numeral 12 ___-di-dah 13 Santa ___ 14 Indicator of a note’s duration, on a score 20 “Hot” thing 23 Slightly off

24 Not watertight 25 Port Sudan is on

it 26 Expands

27 Get ready for

action

29 “????? ” 30 Timor-___ (U.N. member since 2002) 31 Shortened

again

33 Brooks, for

example

34 Auto correction 35 Mini

37 Some A.B.A.

members 44 Eight-related 45 R, in a postal

abbreviation 47 Makes red in the

face?

48 “By the way,”

e.g.

50 It gets a licking 51 Bar supply 52 Appear 53 Renaissance

family name 54 Generator’s

output

55 Water monitor,

for short 56 ___-weekly 57 Quote from

Homer