NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Egg warmer 9 A rutabaga is a cross between a cabbage and this 15 Pavarotti standard whose name means “My Sunshine” 16 “No bet,” in

poker 17 “Ain’t that

somethin’!” 18 Doctor’s wear 19 “Your Love Is King” singer, 1984 20 Stupid 22 Toshiba

competitor 24 “God created ___ so that Americans would learn geography” ( line attributed to Mark Twain) 25 With the bow, in

music 27 Like many Christmas traditions 29 Some of Lockheed Martin’s business 31 ___ chain 32 Committed 33 Like some jacket

hoods 34 “100 Years …

100 Movies” org. 35 “And I get dumped on again” 38 Ubiquitous Chinese character 39 Like a three

pitch inning 40 Low- lying areas 41 Jerk 42 School cafeteria food, stereotypically 43 Stupid 44 ___ tide 46 D. O. J. branch 47 Chicago airport

code 48 Businesses often

near beaches 51 Spike 55 For three: Fr. 56 Backspin

producer? 58 Style setter? 59 High- profile

merger, e. g. 60 Riles 61 Plant from

another country

Down

1 Does some diamond cutting? 2 Offshore 3 Jell- O maker 4 Like some

reactions 5 Safe place to

crash 6 “Your work

inspires me” 7 Italian poetic

form 8 “I won’t be back

till late” 9 Strict, demanding parent 10 Most- applied- to school in the U. S. 11 Hit 1970s sitcom 12 “Works every

time” 13 Summer drink

with caffeine 14 Tie- breaking shots in soccer: Abbr. 21 Refuse to drop 23 Nikon

competitors 26 Cousins of Drama Desk Awards 27 “Enough!” 28 Terror in Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Lost World” 30 Tom of old late

night TV 32 “Jeez, that’s a

shame!” 33 Preceder of first 36 Common ingredient in baked beans 37 Ethel Mertz, on

“I Love Lucy” 43 Just what the

doctor ordered 45 Essayist’s writing 49 It may pack a

punch 50 Hammer’s end 52 Choppers 53 Thunderous

sound 54 Slithery 55 Asia’s ___ Darya

River 57 Broadside,

maybe