N.Y.TimesCrosswordPuzzle
Across
1 It can cover all the bases
5 Rocks out?
10 Picks
14 On the safe side, at sea
15 Tom ___, consigliere in “The Godfather”
16 Choice in a slumber party game
17 Apologetic comment from a dinner guest
20 Lined up
21 Comebacks
22 Foul-smelling
24 One using a bib, maybe
25 Promising reply
26 Public house
27 ___ support
29 Organization with a strong track record?
31 Grain stores
33 Take off in a hurry
34 Neologize
37 A message from the Pentagon might be in this
38 Unimaginative
39 Smartphone, at times
41 Orange soda brand
42 Word with tie or fly
45 Crystal object featured in Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi,” the most expensive painting ever sold
46 Appendectomy sites, in brief
48 One purchasing cigars, maybe
50 What helps you see the big picture?
53 Two-___ (many a sports car)
54 Best-selling Israeli author of “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind”
56 A Swiss Army knife has many
57 Bicker
58 Put one’s foot down
59 Extra
60 Bee lines?
61 New Year’s Eve song word
Down
1 Hummus ingredient
2 Friends-andfamily support group
3 Don’t forget
4 Jury members
5 Chinese takeout staple
6 Hip-hop duo ___ Sremmurd
7 Petri dish medium
8 “See?”
9 Easily attached, in a way
10 Things a bettor better know
11 Quark or lepton
12 “Uh-huh, you said it!”
13 Motion detector, e.g.
18 Penny candy morsel since 1907
19 “That could work!”
23 Splashy display
28 Go along for the ride, say
30 Letters that shouldn’t be written big for air rescue (a single V or X is best)
32 Play a mean guitar, slangily
34 Part for a balding man?
35 “Dejection” is a famous one 36 Goes over again
37 Party
39 Get close 40 Grounds for a fight
42 Retro phone type
43 “Wuthering Heights” actress Merle ___
44 Insult
47 Real bore
49 Some bakers’ wares
51 Screen
52 It’s a long story
55 What many air conditioners do