NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Building material for the first little pig 6 Some bank offerings, for short 9 ___ and cheese 12 Swim meet

coverage? 13 Nancy who

solves mysteries 14 Words said at the

altar 15 President’s plane 17 ___- Mex 18 Roadside stops 19 Wrestling for

400- pounders 20 Rod- shaped

bacterium 22 Broadway’s

“___ Miz” 23 Cry before

“You’re out!” 25 Dorm figs. 26 Actor Hemsworth of “The Hunger Games” 27 Material for a tight- fitting glove 30 “Up top!” 35 Landed, as on a

branch 36 Actions on the

dance floor 37 “Mmm- hmm,

mmm- hmm” 38 Conclusion of a closeWorld Series 40 Photographer

Adams 41 Flair 42 Brand of

sheepskin boots 43 Ecstatic 48 He- sheep 51 Beauty’s partner,

with “the” 52 Charged

particles 53 Martial art that’s

an Olympic sport 54 Big feature on a

donkey 55 Miscellany… or a description of the final words in 15-, 23-, 30-, 38and 43- Across 58 Since Jan. 1 59 Word repeated in

“It’s ___, all ___!” 60 Tax cheats’ fears 61 “Hel- l- lp!” 62 Suffix with differ 63 Insurance company with a lizard mascot

Down

1 Backbone 2 Shore birds 3 Officials crying “Offside” and “Pass interference” 4 Commotion 5 Opposite of

bests 6 No- good thief 7 Lair 8 Hon 9 Sometimes good, sometimes bad 10 “Hello” singer of

2015 11 Gumption 12 Take a yacht out 13 Singer Lovato 16 Scoundrel 21 Rubbing the

wrong way? 23 “Wailing”

instrument 24 Stately shade

trees 25 Gives a new

account of 27 Annoying feature of an online stream 28 In the manner of 29 Means of tracking workers’ hours 30 www.

healthcare.___ 31 “Now ___ seen it

all!” 32 Restroom sign 33 Flying geese

formation 34 Sea slitherer 36 It’s fixed for a

prix fixe meal 39 Príncipe’s sister

island 40 6 or so, for first

graders 42 Release from being caught on a nail, say 43 Adheres to, as a

rule 44 Old- fashioned

“Awesome!” 45 “I ___ see that

coming!” 46 What smells 47 Pigs ___ blanket 48 Like some ancient characters 49 Embellish 50 What rolling stones don’t gather 53 Force- ful

characters? 56 Cacophony 57 Like some library books and babies