NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Fictional character with a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame
9 Nail care brand
14 Friend of Ishmael
15 People indigenous to the Colorado
River
16 9/8 Central, e.g.
17 Disturbed, maybe
18 Time’s 2006 Person of the Year
19 What someone no longer is as soon as he is identified as one, per George Carlin
21 Reason
24 Golden ratio symbol
25 First name in Objectivism
26 What might come after a cow or a
sheep?
27 Repute
28 Drink often served chilled 29 Introduction to folks?
32 Santa ___
33 Till fill
36 Junk heap
37 Some early “astronauts”
38 Habitat for an ibex
39 Closes, in a way
41 Grp. once known as the National
Congress of Mothers
42 It “sailed the ocean blue”
43 Exercise in dexterity
47 Cartesian conclusion
48 Animal on the Michigan state flag
49 Part of many a street name
51 Good to go?
54 It may be in a sling
55 All fired up?
56 Sauce made with yogurt and cucumbers 59 Sets free
60 Spare item? 61 Storage units 62 “It’s complicated …”
DOWN
1 Well-dressed, photogenic guy 2 “Absolument!”
3 Modest, as clothing
4 Sleep unit?
5 They’re high in the Ivy League 6 Lollapaloozas
7 Film director Sergio
8 Go-betweens: Abbr.
9 Lass with a lasso
10 “Eeep!”
11 Go out, but not for long?
12 Critic or comedian, it’s said 13 Strobe stuff
15 Main entrances?
20 Many a software download
22 Heart
23 “Impressive!”
27 City destroyed by 1-Across
30 He had a heel that wouldn’t heal 31 Zookeepers’ rounds, informally 33 eBay feature
34 One involved in mass production? 35 Tony winner after “Avenue Q”
37 Set against
39 Cold evidence
40 It took 70 years to complete, in brief 44 Remove a belt from
45 Japanese radish
46 Weather phenomenon portrayed by
Chris Farley on “S.N.L.”
49 Harriet’s hubby on 1950s-’60s TV 50 Parents
52 Ming dynasty artifact
53 Minute, informally
57 It might be in the bag
58 Alternative to a cab