The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Tinker (with) 5 Obscures, in a

way

10 Acts as one? 14 Memo starter 15 Garden of

___ (punnily named snack brand)

16 Word with bird

or nest 17 Persian for

“country” 18 Taqueria menu

adjective 19 “You sure

about that?” 20 _N_ _ _ERS 23 Téa of “Madam

Secretary” 24 “No ___!” (cry

in a queue) 25 CRAWL SP_ _ _ 31 Brand owned

by Whirlpool 34 Absence of musical ability 35 Trojans’ sch. 36 The “seven” referenced by the film title “Seven” 37 Intoxicated, in

modern slang 38 Meh

39 Exam taken by

many jrs. 40 Works at a restaurant

… or what many diners experience at popular restaurants 41 Sauce that often contains nuts 42 _EABR_ _ _ 45 Small valley 46 First name in

cosmetics 49 COLD S_ _U_

_ER

54 Goes over or

under, in a way 55 Worst possible

turnout

56 It might help

you get a grip 57 Product with a

Mini variety 58 Role on “Stranger Things” 59 University in a town of the same name 60 Org.

61 What good pitches often result in

62 ___ control (city law subject)

DOWN

1 Nashville university attended by W. E. B. DuBois and John

Lewis

To

Go over, in a

way

4 Riddles in

Buddhism

5 ___ Baby 6 Anchor’s

position 7 Home of the Uintah and Ouray reservation 8 Nag, nag, nag 9 Popular app originally launched under the name Picaboo 10 Column base 11 Directionless

sorts 12 Enterprise rival 13 Lead-in to a counterargument 21 Ancient worshiper of Pachamama (“earth mother”) 2 3

Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen

22 Violinist

Leopold 26 Language family in Canada

27 Up

28 All wound up 29 Khan Academy

subj. 30 Comeback 31 “Go, go, go!” 32 Mineral whose name means “crumb” in Latin

33 Cures for what

ails you 37 Marks in the sand, perhaps 38 All-time

greatest 40 Feral

41 “Hey, over

here!” 43 Wrestling

maneuver 44 Trojan hero born of Aphrodite 47 Actor Hirsch 48 Printer

brand

49 From half of a couple, maybe 50 Name that’s a conjunction + an article 51 It’s all wound

up

52 Some time

ago

53 Bazaar

sight

54 It’s a wrap