N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 One might have blackand-white standards 11 Treasure hunter’s loot, maybe 15 Stay off the water? 16 Unconventional and hippielike, informally 17 Some juvenile records 18 Way: Abbr. 19 Developers work on them 20 Wrong 22 Jazz great Montgomery 23 More than a fraction of a cent 25 Responsibility 26 Outfits for big parts? 29 Station display 31 “The perfect idiot’s profession,” per Katharine Hepburn 34 Certain uppergrowth limit 36 Orange snack in a red box 38 Where the Lost Battalion got lost 39 Doesn’t go off as expected 41 Flip-flop, e.g. 42 Crooked joint 43 Boxing ring? 45 Religious figure from on high? 47 Set at sea? 48 Small vault 51 One of 2030 “genius grants” awarded annually 54 ___ soup 55 Impulse transmitter 56 North Carolina vacation area 59 Gaiman who wrote “American Gods” and “Coraline” 60 Film about rock groups? 61 Without much effort 62 Bellini and Botticelli

Down

1 “Yeah, right!” 2 [Fingers crossed] 3 Wins easily 4 War force 5 Pro ___ 6 “Out of the Blue” group, for short 7 “Hockey sticks,” in cards 8 Buzz, e.g. 9 2011 Best New Artist Grammy winner Bon ___ 10 Philippine money 11 His last play was “When We Dead Awaken” 12 “Excuse me?” 13 Classic folk number 14 Heaps 21 Bouquets, quaintly 23 Island known for its spices 24 This year’s starlet 26 Sphere of control 27 Org. in “Patriot Games” 28 Like Hemingway vis-à-vis most other writers 30 Exfoliation 31 Tiptop 32 Hung around casually? 33 It may cause sparks to fly 35 Isolated 37 It may be in the bag 40 Went looking for places to shoot 44 First name on the 1970s-’80s Lakers 46 Rugged 48 Swinging joint 49 “The Tin Drum” boy 50 Duck faces, e.g. 51 Salon job, informally 52 Land on the Gulf of Guinea 53 Project with a lot of momentum 54 Like Colt 45 and Mickey’s 57 Kind of virus 58 Not haut