NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Very sore 6 Monday feeling,

with “the” 11 Take flight? 14 Overhaul 15 Unsettling, in a

way 16 Something found near a temple 17 Kismet 18 SAG partner 19 Kind of degree 20 Big piece of a

sheet cake 21 Well- aimed 23 Street clearer 25 2015 “Mad Max” reboot, familiarly 26 Debate figure 28 “You’ve Got a Friend ___” ( song from “Toy Story”) 29 Part of L. A. P. D. 30 Skyscraper

support 31 Football kickoff

aid 33 “Break a leg!” 35 In any condition, as an outlaw 39 Snitch 40 Honey

bunches? 41 Spread ( out) 42 Gaelic language 45 Finished, as a

term of office 47 “You’re clever!” 50 Baseball’s Lefty 51 Bull’s- eye … or a hint to this puzzle’s theme 53 Being broadcast 55 Spectrum or

Xfinity, briefly 56 Dwelling 57 Guitarist Van

Halen 58 Fork in the road,

basically 59 Diego Rivera’s

specialty 60 Twinkle 61 Half of none? 62 Bygone equivalent of “OMG!” 63 Beginning,

informally

Down

1 Peeves 2 Not too far from

now 3 “Yes,

unfortunately” 4 Sound quality 5 Gate info 6 Noggin 7 Abandoned while there still might have been hope 8 PBS Kids’ cartoon aardvark 9 Personnel director, at times 10 Sordid 11 One of the Fab

Four 12 Jackson Generals or Portland Sea Dogs 13 One half of a

“strange case” 21 How money

may be lost 22 Bay window 24 “Parenthood” actress Christensen 26 Jan. honoree 27 Laddie topper 31 “The Daily Show” host after Jon 32 Soothed 34 Rifleman’s ___ ( part of Marine training) 35 “The Strife Is ___, the Battle Done” ( old hymn) 36 “Eureka!” 37 Springing over 38 Tolkien creature 40 Certain absentee parent 42 Salad vegetable 43 German chocolate brand 44 Views from sea

or land 45 Half of a

Spanish union 46 Output during a boring meeting, say 48 Start of an old

boast 49 Put through

beta testing 52 Certain reef

dwellers 54 Reject 57 It may be beaten and eaten