NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Many consultants, for short
5 Flash
9 Wayne’s friend in “Wayne’s World”
14 Waterway whose construction began in Rome
16 Word repeated before “to you and you and you,” in a show tune 17 Emphatic parental turndown 18 “Ciao”
19 Words from one about to break into tears
21 Master of ___
23 Cards
24 “Ain’t that the worst!”
25 Add oil to, maybe
26 Sleep phenomena
30 “___-Ami” (Guy de Maupassant novel)
31 Jessica of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”
32 Frequent fodder for crossword clues 34 Believer in spirits
36 Trapped
37 Bit of finger food
38 Stirs
39 Lady Gaga’s “___ It Happens to You” 40 Place for barnacles
41 Dispense
43 ___ Martin, French firm since 1724 44 Formally approve, as a document, old-style
46 No worries
47 “Mo Money Mo Problems” rapper 51 Early Indus Valley settler 52 Devotee of Mötley Crüe or Megadeth
56 Spike who directed “Being John Malkovich”
57 Player of a drug kingpin on “The Wire” 58 Puts money on the table, say 59 One-named singer with the 2016 #1 hit “Pillowtalk”
60 Plan, for short
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1 Dudes
2 Dude
3 Quarterback’s asset
4 Involved with
5 “___ the Virgin” (CW show) 6 Behind closed doors 7 Draft-Kings competitor
8 They might be wished for at fountains 9 Polka forerunner
10 1949 Hepburn/Tracy courtroom film 11 Initiation practice
12 This puzzle’s constructor, for one 13 What words can do, in an admonishment
15 Christmas decoration
20 Is forbidden to
21 Faddish dance move done to the 2015 hit “Watch Me”
22 Facebook Chat status denoted by a green dot
24 Arizona ballplayer, casually 25 Nationalism, per Einstein 27 Modern requests for participation
28 Dr. Evil’s sidekick in Austin Powers movies
29 “Sorry to say …”
31 Marcel Marceau persona
33 Dorm V.I.P.s
35 Topic in feminist film criticism 36 Something prohibited by the Ten Commandments
38 Island in San Francisco Bay
42 “Do You Hear the People Sing?” musical, to fans
43 Outbreaks of eczema, e.g.
45 Great scores in Olympic diving 46 Lawful ends?
47 State bordering California, informally 48 Press
49 Peer ___
50 Reclined
53 They’re game
54 Half a Hamilton
55 Pop