NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Jesus, Mary or Joseph 9 Some Eastern

dignitaries

15 Occasion

for grilling 16 Something worn for

protection

17 Own

18 “Philosophy in the

Bedroom” writer, 1795 19 “There’s the ___” 20 Way to get around in

Chicago

22 Schedule abbr.

23 On deck, say 25 Scientist who was friends with

Mark Twain

26 Consider

27 Half of Italy

29 Floats are often made

with them

31 ___ Games, secondlargest multisport event after the Olympics 32 Contemptuous, in a

way

33 Welcome offering 35 Portraitist’s request 36 [Ho-o-o boy, here we go

again …] 41 Heat-resistant glass 45 Midwest city in the title of a 1942 Glenn Miller #1 hit 46 Margaret ___, artist known for painting subjects with big eyes 47 Those in favor 48 Spoils

50 Word with search or

witness 51 Open-house org. 52 Acts like a quidnunc 54 Kind of rock 55 Support above a

doorway 57 10-year-old boy of comics with glasses and blond hair 59 Unprincipled

60 Words said

with a wave

61 Writer who served as a

senator in Chile 62 Like wild accusations

DOWN

1 Rhyming descriptor for

Obama

2 Turns on

3 River through Victoria

Falls

4 Krieger of the U.S.

women’s soccer team 5 French name meaning

“born again” 6 Apotheosize

7 Shoots the breeze 8 Liberal arts college in

Boston

9 Sends off 10 Last word of the New

Testament

11 Dip for a French dip 12 Youth support group 13 Comedian Mitch who said “I haven’t slept for 10 days, because that would be too long” 14 Decreases, in a way? 21 After-shave additive 24 Plants whose name derives from the Greek for “dry”

26 Members of a

pantheon

28 Two bells, nautically 30 Allegro

34 Actress Rossellini of

“Blue Velvet”

36 When it’s light

37 ___ Smeal, three-term

president of NOW 38 Polo alternative 39 “Bravo!”

40 Flow down a mountain 42 Fine example? 43 Charms

44 Copies, in a way 45 Competitor of Peterson’s and Princeton Review

49 Y Y Y Y, on a form 52 Renaissance Faire

quaff

53 Cross

56 1989 one-man show 58 Devils’ advocate?: Abbr.