The New York Times crossword puzzle

No. 1118

Across

1 Youngster in a stream

9 Put the kibosh on

15 “You can’t be serious!” 16 Response to a riot 17 Modern money-saving transportation choice 18 Restraint technique in mixed martial arts 19 Setting for several “Survivor” seasons 20 Furnish 22 “What’s the ___?”

23 Like slapstick comics, often 26 People might profit from it 28 Ehud Barak abandoned it in 2011

32 Paint crudely 34 Partner of 27Down 35 Smidgens 36 Series opener 37 Pokémon slogan 40 Noted corporate raider of the 1980s 41 With 10-Down, The Devil and Death

42 Date

43 “I’m off!” 44 Yore 46 Something found on a hound 48 Depreciation factor 49 Shags, e.g. 50 “Hope ___ to mortals / And most believe her”: Housman 52 Roughly 18 inches 56 Possibility 58 “Sure thing, bro!” 61 Flower child fashion 62 Postgrad goal, maybe 63 Cremona treasures, familiarly 64 Match book?

Down

1 Overture, e.g. 2 Big blow for a musician? 3 The antagonists 4 Cheap cigar, slangily

5 One with a wrench in his plans? 6 Kung ___ chicken 7 Tour grp. 8 Eponym of a federal college grant 9 Beer-and-lemonade beverage

10 See 41-Across 11 Eponym of an electrical law 12 Absence of preconceived notions 13 Dodgers second baseman who won four consecutive Silver Slugger Awards beginning in 2006 14 Storied loser in an upset

21 Is forced to backpedal, say

24 “The Last Emperor,” e.g. 25 Boolean or string, in programming 27 Partner of 34-Across 28 On the up and up 29 The hardest part when making guacamole? 30 Bug catcher, often

31 ID anew, as on Facebook 33 Gymnastics superstar at the 2016 Olympics 36 One with whom your relationship is working out, briefly? 38 Icebreaker? 39 Perfect 44 Presidential middle name 45 Peon 47 Price of R&B 49 Pac-Man features 51 Sylvia of jazz 53 Reason for saying “Pardon me” 54 Unpatentable thing

55 Put out, with “off” 57 Home of Northwest Nazarene Univ.

59 Key used to make an exit 60 Trouble