N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Pain in the neck
6 Four are credited for a grand slam, briefly
10 Channel that a telly may be tuned to
13 Fuel for a funny car
14 Dough
15 Contraction in “Jingle Bells”
16 Formal turndown
17 Remnant of an oceanic volcano
18 “The way I see it,” to a texter
19 Establish a standard that’s easy to reach
22 Cameo, say
25 Vincent van Gogh or Queen Elizabeth I, notably
26 O, in the W.W. II Army/Navy alphabet
27 Expressions of enlightenment
29 “Between Two ___” (Zach Galifianakis show)
30 With 41-Across, make every effort to be accommodating
32 Ivory, but not ebony
33 Gobbled
34 One who might have to create an account
36 Utah senator Mike
39 Green New ___
41 See 30-Across
43 Many city layouts
45 Big name in pasta sauce
46 Yours, in Tours
47 Song words after “Speaking words of wisdom …”
49 Most serious
51 Not meet expectations
53 As well
54 Big name in cosmetics
55 Pitch deliverer, perhaps
59 “Gross!”
60 Like excited fans in stadiums
61 “Crossing my fingers!”
62 B&B
63 Go-___
64 Contest described by 19-, 30/41- and 51-Across
DOWN
1 “This is ___”
2 Kia subcompact
3 “___ complicated”
4 Got nice and toasty?
5 Home of the boy band BTS
6 “Divergent” author Veronica
7 Rude people in stadiums
8 “Who’da thunk it?!”
9 Utensil farthest left in a fivepiece place setting
10 Standard contract text
11 Kvetch about
12 Groups in stadiums
14 Source of the line “Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth”
20 Bookstore section
21 Perlman of “Cheers”
22 Variety of tea
23 Sarcastic comeback
24 Stopped being so loud
28 Its capital is Oranjestad
31 Hot
32 Fix in place 35 More in need of a lift?
37 One taking a bow for getting couples together?
38 Prepare for publishing
40 Actress Falco
42 Gave a friendly greeting, in a way
43 Squatting muscles
44 Fame
45 Leader of an Episcopal parish
48 Mideast port that was home to Sinbad the sailor
50 To no ___
52 What incubators provide
56 Oldfashioned tattoo
57 Police dept. alert
58 Start of many an art movement