THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Tough person to tolerate 5 Qatar's capital 9 Decide to join 14 Literary matchmaker 15 Clinches 16 One joining a union? 17 *Roman of Hollywood? 19 Pretend 20 Shoe company based in Southern California 21 Basketball sportscaster Dick 22 Paradise in “On the Road” 24 *Legal acting in a 1980s prime-time soap opera? 26 Seven-time Cy Young Award winner of the 1980s-2000s 28 Operating system developed at Bell Labs 29 Frost 30 “The Simpsons” bus driver 31 Barfly 34 *Malady of French history? 39 Really binges, in brief 40 No. crunchers 41 No longer serving: Abbr. 42 “Uh, excuse me” 43 Like rock stars among fans 46 *Regent of film criticism? 49 Get blubbery 50 In the worst way 51 Maryland state symbol 53 Student of Socrates 54 At the start … or how the first two letters of each starred clue relate to the answer? 57 In many cases 58 James with a posthumous Pulitzer 59 Award for Agency of the Year, e.g. 60 Frigid temps 61 Velvety growth 62 Five Thirty Eight .com owner

DOWN

1 According to 2 “Arrival” actress Adams 3 “Talk away” 4 Mom's mom 5 Have a date night at home, say 6 Vast amounts 7 “Have you ___?” 8 Digital communication, for short? 9 The void 10 Like one line on a sales receipt 11 Magnate 12 Subjects of the Second Commandment 13 Endangered state bird 18 Beach look? 21 Starbucks specification 22 Average guy 23 Tons 25 A camera may be set on it 27 Something a doc might order 30 They may follow buzzers, for short 31 Subject of some biomedical research 32 Den : bear :: holt : ___ 33 Child's bear 35 Ranks 36 Impressionism? 37 Handle 38 Goof 42 When many kids start fifth grade 43 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 …, e.g. 44 Pens 45 Yours, in Tours 46 John of colonial Jamestown 47 Give an address 48 Beat it! 50 Difficult situation 52 Castigate, with "into" 54 Cartesian conclusion 55 Sass 56 Over there