NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Standout work
11 Disney villain based on King Claudius
15 ´ , in French
16 Site of an early miracle
17 Dance craze during the Roaring Twenties
18 Lacking in excitement
19 Pioneering band in nu metal
20 Dark ___
21 Actor Malek
22 Onetime trade org.
23 Hiss at a Congressional hearing
25 Food from a bar
26 “Yeah, you wish!”
28 Post- marathon treatment, maybe
30 It’s a thing in Mexico
31 Product that becomes an item to which it’s applied after shifting the last letter one spot down in the alphabet
32 Part of Comedy Central’s logo
33 Heavy hitter?
36 Jets
38 ___ minute (cooked to order)
39 Protective wear around shellfish, maybe
41 Wow, just wow
42 Route for pulling a boat
44 Form of graffiti
48 Choices for sushi chefs
49 Hyper
51 A to B, say: Abbr.
52 Break
53 A to B, say
54 Edit menu option
55 Coup target
56 Cheese from Wales, not southeastern Pennsylvania
59 Battle of the Hedgerows locale
60 Deserving more credit 61 Acknowledged
62 Strip of ownership
DOWN
1 Patronized 2 Parrot, in a way
3 Like hen’s teeth
4 Soarer by the shore
5 It’s noted for its alums
6 “Les Nuits d’___” ( Berlioz work)
7 Layered fare
8 Petrol unit
9 Activity of selfinterest
10 Pantyhose problems
11 Insect depicted in
hieroglyphics
12 Terrapin topper
13 Bubbly
14 Sources of crunch for a salad
23 Things on the small slide?
24 Came unhinged
25 Crispy order at a Japanese restaurant
27 Abbr. in a sports injury report
29 Office chair feature 33 Something fit for a king or queen
34 Titular children’s song lyric after “Et la tête!”
35 One way to get rid of things
37 Ending with Angel
40 Dweller in the Himalayas
41 Course for many a high schooler, in brief
43 Who allegedly said “No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country”
45 Lissome
46 A bunch
47 Overseas insurance giant
50 European city where the first carbonated beverage was invented
53 Move quickly, as a cloud
54 Narrow inlets
57 Crackerjack
58 Timecard entries: Abbr.