NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

NO. 0623

Across

1 Half of a salon job 5 The first Mrs. Woodrow Wilson 10 It comes in cakes 14 W riter Waugh 15 Converges on 16 S wenson of “Benson” 17 Pla y a game on Halloween, formally? 20 Implor es 21 “No w I remember!” 22 Competing 23 P opular first-person shooter video game 25 Be exceedingly frugal, formally? 30 Radiohead frontman Thom 31 Hamlet and Ophelia, e.g. 32 Hesitate, in a way 34 A ces have low ones, briefly 35 Agr ees 36 Fu se 37 Speakeasy-goer 38 P repare to tweet, say 39 “Gandhi” garb 40 Kind of printer, formally? 43 Whilom 44 The y’re best left untouched, generally speaking 45 Hik ed 48 Wher e many grunts may be heard? 52 V ery cunning, formally? 55 P ennsylvania’s northernmost county 56 Ra n 57 Mort gage adjustment, briefly 58 S ome deer 59 “Bleeding Love” singer Lewis, 2007 60 Whack

Down

1 Whittle down 2 North Carolina university 3 It may be forgiven 4 W inter Olympics venues 5 In volve 6 Phrase in a group photo caption 7 F rench colony until 1953 8 Goo f 9 Crypt analysis

org. 10 Suck up, maybe 11 Wo rd before “Sixteen,” “Time” and “You” in top 10 hit songs 12 Jon who wrote and illustrated “Go Hang a Salami! I’m a Lasagna Hog!” 13 Mount ain route 18 “Hamilton” actress ___ Elise Goldsberry 19 Gr eek

city-state 23 W inner of the Triple Crown of Acting (Oscar, Tony and Emmy) 24 Monkeys’ uncles? 25 W ent carefully (over) 26 One of a mythological nonet 27 Hero of New Orleans 28 F rench sweetie 29 Spir al 30 Plant in an English hedge 33 E.R.

V.I.P.s 35 T iny amounts 36 T reats since 1932 38 2013 Grammy winner for “Royals” 39 D oesn’t fold, say 41 “Speed” star 42 Flotilla 45 Played for a sap 46 Mat ch player? 47 “S wan Lake” bend 48 C ommercial lead-in to méxico 49 Not many 50 R emote hiding place? 51 Wa y off 53 L ab compound, to a chemist 54 Get in a bind