NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 What lava becomes after an eruption

6 The “S” of LSU 11 Number of provinces in Canada 14 Relative by marriage 15 “This ___ to do

the trick”

16 Pub brew

17 Pizza feature for a

specialized diet 20 Nay’s opposite 21 College official 22 Gossiping types 23 Products of Pilot

and Bic

24 Lead-in to girl

or boy

25 River beneath 37

Parisian bridges 27 Pain

28 Lucy of “Charlie’s

Angels”

31 Five, in French 32 Classic arcade game set in outer space

34 Take on a position, along with its responsibilities 37 Cleaned, as a

window

38 Storage for garden

tools

39 Sticky part of a

gecko

40 Dress like, for a

costume party, say 41 Contemptuous look 43 Soccer great Mia 44 Iota

45 Eastern place of

worship

48 James who played

Sonny Corleone 49 Letters on a bottle

of tanning lotion 52 Lacking any moral

compass

55 Year, in Spain 56 “Cleanup on ___ 5!” 57 ___ noir (wine) 58 “Affirmative!”

59 Los Angeles NBA

player

60 What lava is before

an eruption

DOWN

1 Latvia’s capital 2 Solitary

3 Aid in solving a mystery 4 Dennings of

“2 Broke Girls” 5 Land between

Norway and Finland 6 Couches

7 Word before “the

tables” or “the tide” 8 Grow older 9 Nonbinary pronoun

pair

10 “... and the list

goes on” 11 Opposite of loose 12 Disney princess voiced by Idina Menzel 13 Safeguards for

tightrope walkers 18 Official bird of

Hawaii

19 Genetic

“messenger” 23 Excite, as curiosity 24 Played a part on stage 25 One-named R&B singer with the 1999 6x platinum album “Unleash the Dragon” 26 Follow shortly thereafter 27 Volcanic emissions 28 Thin and graceful 29 One just passing

time

30 Secondhand 31 Group in a playbill 32 Starting squad 33 Arrival

35 Business announcement involving billions of dollars 36 It’s all about me,

me, me

41 Former Iranian

leader

42 Prime-time hour 43 Sweltering

44 One piece of evidence of a planet’s habitability 45 Address God 46 Top-notch

47 Classic Pontiac

muscle cars 48 Rapper J. ___ 49 Serenade, e.g.

50 Big night for a high

schooler

51 Crumbly salad

cheese

53 Chastising syllable 54 “Zero Dark

Thirty” org.