The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Rhimes who created “Grey’s Anatomy” 7 Dieter’s time of indulgence 15 Reach the limit 16 2016 film whose climax is on the planet Scarif 17 They might be made to reconcile 18 2006 Emmy winner for “The West Wing” 19 Give extra medication 20 Got cracking 21 Problems with a collection 22 Org. that might take the government to court 24 Symbol of militarism 25 Women’s soccer star Krieger 26 Means of drawing up solutions 29 Lead actress in 2017’s “The Big Sick” 33 Fair 37 Wraps up 38 Composer Arcangelo who inspired a set of Rachmaninoff variations 39 Not quite blow 40 Small falcons 41 Collaborative principle in improv comedy 43 Nursery cry 44 Take the edge off? 47 Like discussions of metaphysics 49 Theme in some time travel fiction 50 Green refreshers 53 Pill bug, for one 55 Isn’t discrete 56 Nissan crossover named for an Italian city 57 “The Son of Man” artist 58 Illuminating comment 59 Try out, as a game 60 Volleyball team, e.g.
Down
1 Gets a twinkle in one’s eyes? 2 Hit movie with the tagline “A family comedy without the family” 3 Leaning column? 4 Texting while driving, and others 5 Hardly smashes 6 Flummoxed 7 Come home after a night of heavy drinking, say 8 Go into seclusion 9 Jennifer who wrote the Pulitzerwinning “A Visit From the Goon Squad” 10 Title for Princess Anne beginning in 1982 11 Leaves work? 12 Sadness 13 Actress MacDowell 14 First Nobel laureate from Ireland 23 Big Four workers, for short 27 Ancestor of Methuselah 28 One might result from negligence 30 World’s mostfollowed Twitter user, as of 2018 31 Trailblazing athlete of the 1970s 32 Cartoonist’s indicator of nodding 34 Exploded 35 In the blink of an eye 36 Served 38 Let go of 40 Diet in the Mideast 42 Virtuosi 44 Fail to tread lightly 45 #2, to #1 46 Lowercase letter resembling a “w” 48 Members of an Arizona tribe 49 Global currency market with a portmanteau name 51 Came to roost 52 Good Tinder outcome 54 Dweller in Apt. 1-A, say