NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

1 Basketball game

in an arcade

9 Bad spot for a

date?

15 Death stare 16 Bug’s place? 17 Popular dish in

Seville

18 Kind of duck

19 ___ Morris, lead character on TV’S “Saved by the Bell”

20 Expecting,

informally 21 Heavy metal band that earned a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019 26 Bar food

27 Palter

28 Third-tier caste member in “Brave New World”

32 Low stats for some M.V.P. winners 33 Newspaper designer’s responsibility 35 Inspired stuff 36 Qualities in music 37 Brand of cashmere pronounced “say” 38 Climactic court

moment 40 Actress

Seehorn of “Better Call

Saul”

41 Way

42 R&B group ___

Hill

43 Sta4nce, for

instance

44 Took things to a whole new level

47 Norcal daily 50 Assessment, for

short

51 “My schedule

permitting” 52 Nail-biter 56 Explosive cited in

“Hamlet” 57 Qualifying

phrase

58 Some ice cream

orders

59 Fly from

Honolulu to

Tokyo, say 1 Marker in the

game Battleship 2 Ingredients in

Caesar’s salads? 3 Social event in which the food is usually ordered in 4 Sources of hypoallergenic fiber

5 Casual wear 6 Pawns

7 “You’re in such

trouble!” 8 Ringside call 9 Prince William’s

sister-in-law

10 It won’t react well 11 Take advantage of

the situation 12 Moralizing sort 13 Pulmonologist’s

study

14 Toaster Strudel

alternative 21 They’re brought in

for starters

22 Aid in rounding up 23 Like some

desserts

24 8’2” children’s

character 25 Bar tidbit 29 Postponed

indefinitely 30 Sight along the National Mall in Washington 31 Unstressed 33 Spot on a face 34 Cause for

a replay 36 Steinbeck novella 39 Commuter’s

amenity 40 They’re fit for a

king

43 Rail against

45 Has yet to be

decided 46 Opening of a

toaster

47 Tests one’s spirit? 48 Not lots

49 Credit card name 52 As late as 53 World’s first TV channel to be transmitted via satellite

54 NASA spacewalk,

for short 55 Palpatine’s granddaughter in “Star Wars” films