NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Pirates, say
6 “Like, no way!”
10 Refilling site
14 “The City of a Thousand Minarets” 15 Sound from a toy train
16 First name of an early explorer of Vinland
17 Tweak
18 Point for Poseidon
19 Bombeck who wrote “I Lost Everything in the Post-natal Depression” 20 ___-jongg
21 Whittles down
23 Rap
24 Something heard in court 26 Michigan, e.g.: Abbr. 27 Mysterious monster, familiarly 28 Rush-hour subway commuter, metaphorically
30 Fig. on some I.R.S. forms
31 Extra periods, for short
32 “Oh, baloney!”
34 Artful
35 Goal-scoring opportunities in soccer … or a hint to this puzzle’s theme 37 Efron of Hollywood
38 “When We Were Very Young” author, 1924
39 Snazzy dresser
40 Christmas season purchase 41 20 Questions category
45 20 Questions category
47 One of the Cyclades
48 Place for un béret
49 Free to attack
50 “Go ahead, shoot!”
52 Role for Vin Diesel in the “Fast & Furious” movies
53 Student ___
54 Easy-to-park car
55 “Don’t make me laugh!”
57 Role for John Cho in the “Star Trek” movies 58 Troubles
59 Easiest rating for a ski slope 60 Type of short haircut 61 Picksup
62 Bunkerneed
DOWN
1 Rigorous training courses 2 “I’m not listening to you!” 3 Whichever
4 Hurdle for an M.A. pursuer 5 Breed
6 Athleisure, e.g.
7 Liking
8 Cannon ammo in sci-fi 9 Challenger
10 Vales
11 “Sssss” makers
12 Video game series since 1989 13 Deceptive basketball moves 22 Target for clippers
23 Burns up in film?
25 Stopgap, maybe
27 In which nothing is everything 29 “Should ___ shouldn’t …” 30 Affectionate nose-rubbing 33 Knockoff of a Greek sculpture? 34 Something to shoot for 35 University of Oregon logo 36 Default for many airport TVS 37 Daydream
39 Doesn’t land, as a joke
40 It’s chewed by the chatty 42 Ripen, maybe
43 Made good 44 Common seafood garnish 46 “Put your big boy pants on!” 47 Immature retort
50 Hill worker
51 Items carried in spoons in an outdoor race
54 Time, e.g., in brief 56 Singer/songwriter Rita