N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Temple figure 6 Joins hands? 11 Refresh, as the memory 14 “All this kid stuff now, it’s crazy” 15 Fictional hero whose name is Spanish for “fox” 16 Link, of a sort 17 ___ code 18 Setting for the start of “The Sound of Music” 19 Locale traversed by Lewis and Clark: Abbr. 20 Studio upgrade 22 Standouts on the pitcher’s mound 23 ___ Bay (place mentioned in “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay”) 24 Provides 26 Season ticket holder, presumably 27 Dance traditionally performed to tell a story 30 Reefer 31 Wet-weather footwear 33 Like someone associated with a blue, pink and white flag, for short 34 Time magazine’s 2019 Person of the Year 37 Hard to pick up 38 Command after a crash 39 “Sure, that time works for me” 41 Not handle ice well, say 42 Tour grp. 45 Whistle blower 47 Watering hole 49 They end in septembre 50 Type of rental agreement 53 Topper 54 Book club leader on TV 55 Sound 56 “If u ask me …” 57 Madame___ (online lifestyle magazine) 58 Pharmaceutical giant, informally 59 Perfect score … or half of one 60 Parts of an assembly 61 City NE of Manchester

DOWN

1 Con 2 Supreme Egyptian god 3 Rib-eye request 4 Overindulges in 5-Down 5 Activity by the water cooler 6 Magnate 7 Rebecca in the Basketball Hall of Fame 8 Shaded area 9 Like many biochem majors 10 Kind of flour 11 Spot to pick up a smoothie 12 Process involving a server 13 Readers, e.g. 21 Labor leader? 22 Was su-uuper into 25 “Better than I expected!” 28 Popular fantasy film franchise, for short 29 Word on either side of “to” 31 Sorting header in a music app 32 “The Avengers” role 34 When the sports preshow ends 35 Used as improv fodder, say 36 Sound 37 Like many a campsite at night 40 Fishing gear left underwater 42 Toy associated with France 43 Throw away all inhibitions 44 Gets to 46 Like ghost stories 48 One of Donald Duck’s nephews 51 Major D.C. lobby 52 “___ Gotta Have It” 54 Ending with clip or slip