THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Crab’s means of defense 5 Tuna ___ 9 One wallowing in a zoo pond 14 “That smarts!” 15 Mideast V. I. P. 16 Not in a bottle or can 17 Zippo 18 Soup that might have a tofu cube in it 19 Gives the go- ahead 20 Cat burglar’s shoe purchase? 23 “___ Baby” (“Hair” number) 24 Zero score, in soccer 25 Bon ___ ( witty remark) 28 Synchronized swimmer’s shoe purchase? 32 Tops 33 Gathering of quilters 34 Bear that’s up at night? 35 Raced ( through) 36 Used to own 37 Fishing site 38 Old Icelandic saga 39 Newsman Donaldson 40 Members of all- century teams, e. g. 42 Event coordinator’s shoe purchase? 45 Apt metaphor for many a dorm room 46 Klutz 47 Greetings for the visiting team 48 Why the buyers of 20-, 28- and 42- Across are in the shoe store? 53 “Leave!” 56 Camaro ___- Z 57 Word that can follow time, danger or neutral 58 Loudly crying face, for one 59 Lion’s pride? 60 Divisible by two 61 Goad 62 Buds on spuds 63 Document recorded at a government office

DOWN

1 Drawbacks 2 Polynesian shindig 3 Flexible, electrically 4 “How delightful!” 5 Some nonfiction best sellers 6 Slim Shady is his alter ego 7 Imitate Daffy Duck 8 Clobbered 9 Big to- do 10 Calligraphers’ choices 11 Grp. that might help organize an open house 12 Subject of hiring negotiations 13 Coin-___ 21 “Yeah, right!” 22 Stuart Little and Chuck E. Cheese, for two 25 ___ Makeba, singer known as “Mama Africa” 26 Initial stages 27 Old Russian autocrats 28 Slangy question suggesting “I don’t know this person” 29 Hang out, as laundry 30 “44” 31 Enlarged, as an order of fries 32 Numbered things in a how- to manual 36 12- minute period expanded to 30 minutes for the Super Bowl 39 Beauty spots 40 Pressing concerns for astronauts? 41 Castle 43 Terse concession speech 44 Magnate ___ Pickens 48 Who left his home in Tucson, Arizona, in a Beatles tune 49 Melee 50 Pirate’s hideout 51 Pants part that might be patched 52 Email button that’s all too easy to hit by mistake 53 “I’ll be darned!” 54 “Holy cow!,” in a text 55 Holiday quaff