The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 [Perfection!] 10 Face to scale 15 Some exercise wear 16 Artist ___ de Toulouse-Lautrec 17 What the name “Renée” means 18 List of pointers 19 Pull (out) 20 Overdrawn account? 21 Actress MacDowell 22 Classical music tradition from Hindustan 24 “Dear future me …” 27 Nest egg yield 29 He’s been called the “Father of Science Fiction” 30 Pastoral sound 31 Quarters 33 Bit of mayo? 34 Scuttled 35 Taps 37 With some side-eye 39 Some transcript omissions 40 Strips 42 Home to the three highest capital cities in the world 43 March alternative 44 Big inits. in admissions 45 Alternatives to toilet paper 48 “Can we chat real quick?” 52 Nose-crinkling 53 They rate very high on the Scoville scale 55 “I got you” 57 Food truck output 58 Fictional Harvard Law student played by Reese Witherspoon 59 Favored, with “with” 60 Artful 61 Like many apartment rentals 62 Bash
Down
1 Connection point not seen much anymore 2 Establishment where indoor smoking is permitted 3 Beyond the pale 4 Deadly household appliance, according to Korean urban legend 5 Sterilize, in a way 6 First female dean of Harvard Law 7 Straight 8 Wasn’t generous 9 Digits on a paper card, for short 10 Trousers named for an Asian country 11 Gives, as credence 12 They don’t have a majorlabel contract 13 Like many jobs in the gig economy 14 Make whole 21 Book with scales 23 Rock group whose name came from letters found on a sewing machine 25 ___ Sports Bureau (official 32-Down keepers) 26 Mountebanks 28 Stay quiet 32 See 25-Down 34 Minimalist style 36 Polite form of address, abroad 38 Blades used in “Kill Bill” 41 Masked warning? 43 Notre Dame setting 44 Follower of an “I’m late” text, in brief 45 They might be loaded with singles 46 Poker declaration 47 Deadpan 49 Like Falstaff 50 Take the edge off? 51 One might fly close to the sun 53 Printmaker? 54 “No Ordinary Love” singer 56 Pastoral sound