NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Diner staple, for short
4 Wine, informally, with “the” 9 Astronaut Kelly
14 [Shrug]
15 Itching
16 Right to the point
17 Whatever it takes
20 Party person
21 Musician whose first name is a toy 22 ___ trick
23 Home to an annual Ideas Festival 26 First name of the second vice president to resign from office
28 Mulching material
29 Dynamite
32 “Pagliacci” role
33 China’s ___ Dynasty
34 Symbol of gentleness
35 ___ Sound
36 Hoary
37 Latin American sweetie
39 Symbol of Christianity 40 Attachment to a job app 41 Congested place, at times 42 Attraction at Boeing’s Museum of Flight, for short
43 “J’adore ___” (ad slogan)
44 Sound of metallic impact
45 2016 Disney film
46 Carriage with its horse
47 It might prevent you from drifting off 51 James I and Charles I 55 Whatever it takes … as hinted at in the arrangements of black squares around the circled letters
58 Together
59 Short loin cut
60 Pac-12 athlete
61 Like a workaholic 62 Big rolls
63 Seat of Christianity?
DOWN
1 Standout in a quad
2 Dunham of “Girls”
3 “What you have to realize …” 4 Transmission element
5 “The Martha ___ Show” of 1950s TV 6 Recluse’s problem, maybe
7 What a “/” may mean
8 Procter & Gamble cleaning brand
9 Do a little cuddling
10 ___ desk (newspaper post) 11 Roman emperor who overthrew Galba 12 Silent part of “mnemonic”
13 Banks of “America’s Got Talent” 18 Spent the most?
19 Something said by a put-out Putin? 24 Flippered animal along the Pacific Coast 25 Don’t open it!
26 Indy racer sponsor
27 Hairstyles that need lots of combing 29 Everyday
30 -NH2 attachment, in chemistry
31 Toy shooter
34 Seat of New Mexico’s Doña Ana County 38 Pose
43 Square one
45 Bucks
47 Somewhat
48 Letters that might precede 10001 49 Bloke
50 Darn it!
52 Newcastle upon ___, England
53 Add (up)
54 Distort
56 Rare occurrences at Super Bowls, briefly
57 Clutch hitter’s stat