NEW YORK TIMES
ACROSS
1 Egg warmer 9 A rutabaga is a cross between a cabbage and this
15 Pavarotti standard whose name means “My Sunshine”
16 “No bet,” in poker
17 “Ain’t that somethin’!” 18 Doctor’s wear
19 “Your Love Is King” singer, 1984
20 Stupid
22 Toshiba competitor 24 “God created ___ so that Americans would learn geography” (line attributed to Mark Twain)
25 With the bow, in music
27 Like many Christmas traditions
29 Some of Lockheed Martin’s business
31 ___ chain
32 Committed
33 Like some jacket hoods
34 “100 Years … 100 Movies” org.
35 “And I get dumped on again”
38 Ubiquitous Chinese character
39 Like a three-pitch inning
40 Low-lying areas
41 Jerk
42 School cafeteria food, stereotypically
43 Stupid
44 ___ tide
46 D.O.J. branch
47 Chicago airport code 48 Businesses often near beaches
51 Spike
55 For three: Fr.
56 Backspin producer? 58 Style setter? 59 High-profile merger, e.g.
60 Riles
61 Plant from another country
DOWN
1 Does some diamond cutting?
2 Offshore
3 Jell-O maker
4 Like some reactions 5 Safe place to crash 6 “Your work inspires me”
7 Italian poetic form 8 “I won’t be back till late” 9 Strict, demanding parent 10 Most-applied-to school in the U.S.
11 Hit 1970s sitcom 12 “Works every time” 13 Summer drink with caffeine
14 Tie-breaking shots in soccer: Abbr.
21 Refuse to drop
23 Nikon competitors 26 Cousins of Drama Desk Awards 27 “Enough!”
28 Terror in Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Lost World” 30 Tom of old late-night TV
32 “Jeez, that’s a shame!” 33 Preceder of first 36 Common ingredient in baked beans
37 Ethel Mertz, on
“I Love Lucy”
43 Just what the doctor ordered
45 Essayist’s writing 49 It may pack a punch 50 Hammer’s end 52 Choppers
53 Thunderous sound 54 Slithery
55 Asia’s ___ Darya River 57 Broadside, maybe