The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 World capital where the language Ga is spoken 6 Dish often topped with goat cheese and cranberries 15 Cut scene? 16 Yanqui 17 Food for a brown bear 18 “Understood” 19 Reprimand to the overly speedy 21 First name at Springfield Elementary 22 End of many a co. name 23 Abbr. of interest

26 A male one is a jack 28 Machine shop essential 31 Peter preceder, in a phonetic alphabet 32 “Well, of course!” 33 Held eye contact for too long, say 36 Festival observed every October 31 to November 2 38 February honoree 39 Something to do for peace 40 It’s named for the Norse god of war: Abbr. 41 Head overseas 42 Big purchaser of scanners, in brief

43 Black ___ 44 Part of NATO: Abbr.

46 Red states, once

49 One meaning of a raised index finger 54 Completely 58 Name derived from the Greek for “holy” 59 Sending to the cloud, e.g. 60 Sound name 61 Figureheads? 62 Question from someone waving across a crowded room

Down

1 Source of some bubbles 2 Amazon icon 3 Narrow escapes 4 “Row, Row, Row Your Boat,” for one 5 Composer Bruckner 6 ___ Lawson, W.N.B.A. starturned-coach for the Boston Celtics 7 “___ Gitano,” Spanishlanguage hit for Beyoncé and Alejandro Fernández 8 Bound to follow 9 Bring into existence 10 Brought into existence 11 Word often followed by a Roman numeral 12 ___-di-dah 13 Santa ___ 14 Indicator of a note’s duration, on a score 20 “Hot” thing 23 Slightly off 24 Not watertight 25 Port Sudan is on it 26 Expands 27 Get ready for action

29 “????? ” 30 Timor-___ (U.N. member since 2002) 31 Shortened again 33 Brooks, for example 34 Auto correction 35 Mini 37 Some A.B.A. members 44 Eight-related 45 R, in a postal abbreviation 47 Makes red in the face? 48 “By the way,” e.g.

50 It gets a licking

51 Bar supply 52 Appear 53 Renaissance family name 54 Generator’s output 55 Water monitor, for short 56 ___-weekly 57 Quote from Homer