n.Y. times crossword
This puzzle is a collaboration by the cartoonist Garry Trudeau, the Pulitzerwinning creator of “Doonesbury,” working together with his son Ross Trudeau, a digital media producer in Cambridge, Mass. This is Ross’s sixth puzzle for The Times. More information about the making of today’s puzzle appears in the Times’s daily crossword column (nytimes. com/column/ wordplay).
ACROSS
1 Pioneering game company behind Tank and Tank II 6 Music genre for Tokyo teens 10 Contribute 13 By the clock 14 Good: It. 15 Coif that gets squished by headphones 16 “Uncle!” 17 Jargon 18 Fib 19 Something to stand on 20 H.S. science course for college credit 22 Tequila plant 24 Relatives of cable cars 26 Actress Dash of “Clueless” 27 Showbiz reference site 28 Critical, as a situation 29 Neighbor of Miss. 30 Something to pour dans votre café 32 A philanthropist might set one up 33 Dave Chappelle and Dane Cook … or a literal hint to the answers to the eight starred clues
36 ___ Ewbank, 1969 Super Bowlwinning coach 37 Schlemiel 38 Cartoon response to a rodent 39 Big Florida export 41 Kitchenware brand with a hyphenated name
43 Fix with a blowtorch, say 44 Classic Pontiacs 48 Drum used for a drumroll 49 Cousin of a chimp 50 “Runaround” girl in a 1961 Dion hit 51 Barn bales 52 Certain jelly
54 Like a red-faced cartoon character 56 Neighbor of Mont. 57 Timid 58 Smallest pups 59 Stroke 60 The “S” of GPS: Abbr. 61 Smallest
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1 Slanted
2 *Feline in a zoo 3 Mexican friend 4 Minister: Abbr. 5 Perfect guy
6 The “J” of J.D. 7 *Bounce on a stick 8 Lennon’s love 9 Food famously misspelled by Dan Quayle 10 Noted “spokesfowl” 11 Alfresco theaters 12 Innocentlooking 14 *Dreamy eyes, informally 21 ___ Xing 23 *President between Hayes and Arthur 25 *1959 film set in Dogpatch, U.S.A. 26 ___ speak 28 *Detective who wore a two-way radio 29 Eroded 31 Earth Day’s mo. 33 Croon beneath a balcony 34 Played at work, informally? 35 Rachel McAdams or Amanda Seyfried role in a 2004 comedy 36 Deify 40 Shines, as silver 42 Devoted follower 44 Material for a mill 45 Sitting position in yoga 46 *Mongrels 47 Look at, as thou might 49 *Magnum ___ 53 Protein source in a vegan diet 55 French street