NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Frustrated

solver’s cry 8 Frying need for

French fries 15 Verbally abuses,

in slang 16 So-called “Crossroads of America”

17 How bugs may

be eaten 18 Marketing

divisions 19 Steamy fare 20 Co-founder of the Black Panther Party 22 City north of

Pittsburgh

23 Son of : ibn ::

father of : ___ 24 Someone to

respect

25 Tax ID

26 Overly pleased

with oneself 27 Bulgaria’s Simeon I and Simeon II

28 Grub

30 “___ Today, Gone Tomorrow” (“Tiny Toon Adventures” episode) 31 Projected expense for a roofer?

32 Get straight, in a

way

36 Gave recognition where recognition was due

39 “Au contraire!” 40 Cheap

accommodations 41 1976 AC/DC single with the lyric “Watch me explode” 42 “Yadda yadda

yadda” 43 “Doesn’t get any

better than this!” 47 Made loud noises on the road

52 Important case for national security

54 Erté’s art 55 Doughnutshaped

56 When the tempest occurs in “The Tempest” 57 Cusps 58 Shakespearean

lament

59 Get cheeky with? 60 Pop

61 Baby ___

62 Rice left on a

shelf, maybe

Down

1 Sister chain of

Applebee’s 2 Simple fighting

style

3 Fireworks effect 4 Rocker nicknamed “The Motor City Madman”

5 World Cup cheer 6 Tight-fitting wear 7 Time-killing plays for quarterbacks 8 Telemarketer’s

device

9 “___ Game” (1986 Hugo Award winner) 10 Brown. follower 11 Common car

freshener feature 12 Just treatment 13 Fictional work that eschews literary conventions 14 Hit with a big

charge 21 Lovelace of early

computing 26 Snub

29 Joins

33 Man’s nickname that sounds like two letters 34 Plans to pay later 35 “It’s go time!” 36 Reality show whose contestants must be good with numbers 37 12x platinum compilation album by the Rolling Stones, familiarly

38 Bit of fancy attire 43 Long range 44 Spanish omelet

ingredient 45 Secretly included, in a way

46 Author Mario

Vargas ___ 48 Winner of two Grammys and a Nobel Peace Prize

49 Georgia home of Mercer University 50 John in England 51 Gridiron group that tries to sack the QB, collectively 53 Madame, across

the Rhine