The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Al who created Li’l Abner
5 Chatting online, in brief
10 Almost any offer that’s too good to be true
14 Doozy
15 “I swear!”
16 Robe in old Rome
17 The “A” of U.A.E.
18 *Basketball position for Magic Johnson or Steph Curry
20 *Level on the military wage scale
22 Player in front of a net
23 What sailors and beachgoers breathe
24 Uncouth person
25 Colorado summer hrs.
26 *Alternative to a brush when coating the side of a house
30 Things coiled on the sides of houses
33 With 44-Across, onetime British slapstick comic 34 Single-stranded genetic molecule
35 ___ and crafts
36 Consumer products giant, for short … or a hint to the answers to the eight starred clues
37 Tylenol target
38 “You got it now?”
39 Toyota hybrid
40 North Pole resident
41 *The Beach Boys or Backstreet Boys
43 Amusement
44 See 33-Across
45 Marx’s collaborator on “The Communist Manifesto”
49 ___ Field, former home of the Seattle Mariners
52 *Shade akin to olive
54 *Sorority types who go out a lot
56 Eugene O’Neill’s “___ Christie”
57 Help with a crime 58 Letter-shaped fastener
59 “Veni, ___, vici”
60 Hellmann’s product, informally
61 Daytime or Primetime awards
62 Holler
Down
1 Applauds
2 Enveloping glows, old-style
3 ___ del Rey, Calif.
4 *Darts and snooker
5 Somewhat
6 An emoji may suggest it
7 1970s tennis champ Nastase
8 Writer Anaïs
9 Dig into work
10 E. B. White’s “___ Little”
11 Unwanted stocking stuffer
12 Prefix with cultural 13 Prepared, as dinner or a bed
19 Foolish, informally
21 Frees (of)
24 Marching halftime crews
26 Fence in
27 Mom’s mom, for short
28 The “U” of I.C.U.
29 Mom’s mom 30 Lock securer
31 ___ O’s (breakfast cereal)
32 One of 12 in Alcoholics Anonymous
33 Oksana ___, 1994 Olympic skating wonder
36 What may precede Chapter 1 in a novel
37 *Roast accompaniment prepared with drippings 39 $$$$, on Yelp
40 Like choir music
42 Run-down area
43 Lavish meals
46 Counting-off word
47 1980s tennis champ Ivan
48 Creature that leaves a slimy trail
49 What an email filter filters
50 Rhyme scheme for Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
51 Glenn of the Eagles
52 School event with a king and a queen
53 “For Better or for Worse” mom
55 Company that pioneered the U.P.C. bar code