The New York Times crossword puzzle
Note: When this puzzle is finished, the circled letters can be connected to form an appropriate shape.
Across
1 Waiting room
fare, in brief 5 TV’s “The Good
___”
9 Michelle ___ West of the L.P.G.A. 12 Yankees manager whose teams never missed the postseason 13 Near the North or South Pole, say
16 Gather, as
information 17 Championing 18 “Uncool, man” 20 Like Thor or
Loki 21 Well-trodden,
as a path 22 Communicated through channels 25 Horse’s bit 26 ___ Ghiberti, sculptor of Florence’s Gates of Paradise 29 ___ pro quo 32 Bake, as eggs 34 German article 35 Son of, in
Arabic names 36 Calendar column … or a punny hint to the circled squares
38 Pen that’s full
of oink? 39 After tax
40 Like much Three Stooges humor 41 Shortcut to highlighting the address bar on most internet browsers 42 Beowulf’s first
combatant 44 In the past 46 ___ Pieces 48 Enters unannounced, with “in” 52 “I’m
speechless!” 54 Bad, but better than the alternatives 56 Patron of the
Met, say 59 Birthplace of
Zeus, in myth 60 Where ships
are outfitted 61 First-stringers 62 Bad result for a
QB 63 “___ in Show” 64 Third degrees,
for short
Down
1 Very, on a
music score 2 “You ___
Beautiful” 3 “American
Gothic” artist 4 Title for Eva
Perón
5 D.C. media
giant, for short 6 Sign on a vintage appliance at a flea market, maybe
7 To’s
counterpart 8 “Nightmare”
street
9 Oddity
10 B&Bs
11 Brink
12 “The weekend’s almost here, yay!”
14 Lead-in to “Be
happy” 15 Squirrel away 19 Explosion
maker
23 Skip over 24 “Sleepless in Seattle” director Ephron 27 Pasta that’s
often baked 28 Shade of black 29 Last Chinese dynasty (16441912)
30 Lyft competitor 31 What parallel
lines never do 32 Bobby of the
Black Panthers 33 Buying channel
on TV
36 Water channel that rises and falls 37 Quelques-___
(a few: Fr.) 41 Home of the Texas Motor Speedway, with seating for more than 150,000 spectators 43 Foster professional connections 44 Lawyers’
org. 45 Screw-off car
part
47 Cafeteria trays on snowy days, perhaps
49 Vice encouraged by capitalism 50 These: Sp. 51 Part of a flower or watch
52 Writer Picoult with the 2021 novel “Wish You Were Here”
53 Well informed
about 55 Lead-in to
while 57 Chatterbox’s
“gift”
58 Earth
deposit