NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Last name of two of the friends on “Friends” 7 January birthstone 13 Northern ___ Islands, U.S. commonwealth 14 Lubricated 16 ___ manière de (in the manner of: Fr.) 17 Staple of the Burning Man festival 19 Brief address 20 See 34-Across 21 Contemporaries of the Sadducees 22 See 34-Across 23 Prime business 26 Russian fighter jet 27 Past the sellby date, say 30 Drudge 31 Former African capital of 13+ million
33 Got a move on 34 What this puzzle’s twoletter answers correspond with, given their locations in the grid 37 Under the table
38 Dig 39 Shouted “Encore!,” say 42 Bowed, to a cellist
43 Cow 44 Movie pizzeria destroyed in a riot
46 Like the “Step in Time” singers in “Mary Poppins” 48 Underwire ___ 49 Sonja on the ice
50 See 34-Across 51 Insistent comeback 54 See 34-Across 55 Key near the tilde 57 Some garden blooms
58 On
59 Next available 61 Stick-up artist? 63 Acknowledges nonverbally
64 Fingers DOWN
1 Acis’s lover in “Metamorphoses” 2 Period of note 3 See 34-Across 4 Tag 5 Biblical figure born to a 105-year-old father 6 Unexpectedly came face to face with 7 Putting one’s reputation at risk 8 Moneyed suffix
9 Like Harvard Yard, in a Boston accent 10 See 34-Across
11 Part of a professor’s email address 12 Animals symbolizing the universe in Chinese culture 13 Spiked clubs 15 Pursued, as a trade 18 Pretend 24 Style of the Waldorf Astoria 25 Weak excuse 28 Storied El Capitan climbing route 29 Southwest acquisition of 2011 31 Furrowed 32 Sting 35 Make faces 36 Ski ___
39 Charles of “The Great Escape” 40 Rolls up, as a sail 41 Magic potions 42 Dipsticks 45 Manage 47 “Holy cannoli!” 49 Book preceding Joel 52 Were, biblically 53 Notary public’s need 56 Dove bar? 58 4G ___ (standard for mobile devices) 60 See 34-Across 62 See 34-Across