The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Tibetan monk
5 On the ___ (fleeing)
8 Something caught in a theater
13 Bajillions
14 Emotion that may be pent up
15 Saoirse of “Lady Bird”
16 Famous fighting words
19 Highmaintenance star
20 Spiritual leader who rides in a customized car
21 Musician Bartók or Fleck
22 Took to court
23 Item made of ingredients grown without pesticides
29 Good number to shoot for
30 As well
31 “Tightrope” singer Janelle
32 They’s pronoun partner
34 Uberfan, in modern lingo
37 Machines that remove cotton seeds
38 “Honestly, though …”
40 Web crawler, of a sort
42 Up to, informally
43 Color-matching puzzle game with billions of downloads
47 Acronym for a champion among champions
48 100 cents
49 “Mind ... blown!”
53 “My Sister’s Keeper” author Picoult
54 Travel crosscountry … or a description of what 16-, 23and 43-Across do?
58 Sch. founded by Ben Franklin
59 Old “You’ve got mail” sloganeer 60 Radio dial
61 Good thing to have on the books
62 Pick up
63 “Neither rain nor snow …” org.
Down
1 Hammurabi’s area of expertise
2 Chicken ___ king
3 Misunderstood song lyric like “’Scuse me while I kiss this guy”
4 Hun from whom Dracula claims to be descended, in Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”
5 Pop star Dua
___
6 Horror director Aster
7 Rendezvous (with)
8 Battle cry in “Braveheart”
9 Roller coaster feature
10 What is offered when you call 411
11 Overly theatrical, as a B-movie
12 Part of pants that may be well worn
17 ___-garde
18 “Clueless” protagonist
21 Hindu god of creation
22 Ewan McGregor or Craig Ferguson, by birth
23 That’s some nerve!
24 Siri’s platform
25 Jackapoo or schnoodle
26 Christians who don’t believe in the Trinity
27 “Are we done here?”
28 Scientist on one side of the “War of the Currents”
33 Fuming
35 Share a border with
36 Votes
against
39 Lawrence Taylor, for all his N.F.L. career, in brief
41 Teen drama that inspired “Laguna Beach”
44 Pulls a fast one on
45 Motley
46 Puzzle craze of 2006
49 The rain in Spain?
50 Brooms : Roombas :: ___ : Scoobas
51 “Pocket rockets,” in poker
52 The “Z” of ZIP code
53 Cola brand with a lightning bolt in its logo
55 Single digit?
56 Soak (up)
57 Onetime network for Conan O’Brien