N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Barb from the mouth 9 Tedious work 14 Captain of the mathletes, stereotypically 16 Talking points? 17 Cavernous opening 18 Before:

Fr.

19 Be expressive, say

20 Singer with the 2014 hit “Chandelier”

21 Queen or king maker 22 Operate on with a beam 23 Prefix with marathon

25 Meaningful 26 Dir. from Duluth, Minn., to Madison, Wis.

27 You won’t see them again 29 Weekly show filmed in Studio 8H, for short 30 Pioneer in graph theory

31 Covered porch 33 Midriffrevealing wear

36 “Don’t mind me!”

37 It’s a series of movements 38 What four quarters make

39 Some online comments, for short

40 Primary source of revenue for Facebook 42 Chocolate ___

45 “After you, ___”

47 People 48 Nymph who divulged Jupiter’s affair with Juturna, in Ovid

49 Derive

51 PIN point 52 Sink

53 Quartz type 54 Certain library fundraiser 56 Numbskull 57 Reassure 58 Numbskull 59 Prison guard in the Harry Potter books

DOWN

1 They can be everything 2 Kids : goats :: crias : ___ 3 Buck

4 What you’re usually advised not to wear to someone’s wedding 5 Tennis player Caroline Wozniacki or actress Brigitte Nielsen 6 Oscarwinning

Lee

7 You might not get it during a power nap 8 Brutus, e.g.

9 College figs. 10 Went all over 11 “My suspicion is …”

12 Company whose name is said to mean “Leave luck to heaven” 13 Purchase for a smartphone 15 Pluto, e.g. 23 Dumps

24 Many ski lodges

27 Word with sight or control 28 Some Indian wear

30 Org. with the Office of Land and Emergency Management

32 One of a couple, say 33 First of three spinoffs in an acclaimed TV franchise 34 Pluto, e.g. 35 Where you might incur charges overseas 36 Pen pal? 38 Like mushrooms and shrimp, often

41 Really takes off

42 Attack 43 Melodic passage 44 Campaign rally decoration 46 “I’m with you”

48 Get dark 50 It may be high for a penthouse 52 Lessen

55 Moat feature