NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Tends to, as a sprain
5 Popular fitness magazine
10 Ralphie’s ammo in 1983’s “A Christmas Story”
13 Broadway auntie
14 Pull
15 Scratch maker
16 Where dogs are believed to have been domesticated 10,000+ years ago
17 In ___ (irritable)
18 It’s bound to be big
19 Protection from piracy
21 Courtroom coverage?
22 Extreme, in a U.S. Forest Service fire danger rating
23 Play area at some fast-food restaurants
25 Authored
29 Prepare for sending on, say
30 Elude
31 Like God’s name, in the Lord’s Prayer
35 Snitch (on)
36 Keep for later
38 Crumbly salad topper
39 Tangled up
41 B equivalent
42 Old pal
43 Neighborhood bisected by the Pomona Fwy.
44 Twist
47 Cards, on a scoreboard
48 An old gym sock may have one
49 Crest, e.g.
55 Parsley relative
56 U.S. attack helicopter
57 Golfer’s choice
58 Horse (around)
59 Strike force?
60 New Orleans side dish
61 Saucer users, in brief
62 Swarms
63 Chop ___
DOWN
1 Apple variety
2 Wear after an accident
3 Leader of Qatar
4 Conclude, as a deal
5 Showed obvious interest
6 Like summer in the South
7 On pins and needles
8 Pal of Piglet
9 Place to set a TV remote
10 Hit that goes over the infielders’ heads
11 Disney movie with fewer than a thousand words of dialogue
12 “That’s awesome!”
15 Jeans that have been summerized
20 Standing on the street
24 “That’s funny!,” in a text
25 You might see right through it
26 “___ Almighty,” 2007 film
27 It’s what you would expect
28 “Way to go!,” to an antiques buyer
29 Little ___ (state nickname)
32 Possible symptom of an allergic reaction
33 List curtailer
34 Just the facts
36 Timesaver … as a computer user would see in four answers in this puzzle?
37 12:50
40 Sign of a sellout
41 Course after trig
43 Actor Hawke and others
44 Elude
45 Peabrain
46 Some historic Amelia Earhart flights
47 Longtime senator Thurmond
50 Award started by the Village Voice
51 Things not found in binary code, paradoxically
52 TV streaming device
53 Tales of the past
54 Feb. 14