NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Director Lee 4 Humdrum 8 World’s largest peninsula 14 Response to a good meme, maybe

15 Many a staffer 16 “She” went through a huge breakup in 1984

17 Hells Canyon locale: Abbr. 18 Stooge

19 Low draw 20 Something good to be under

22 Spring event at a nursery 24 Successor to the Cutlass 25 Intended 26 Wee wee? 27 Outlet for the Loire

29 Give in

30 Ain’t right? 31 This pulls a bit 32 Ways

33 Not much 34 Figure in Milton’s “Paradise Lost” 36 Give a zero-star

review

39 Ride provider 40 Subj. of arms

talks 43 ___ de combat 8 (out of action due to injury) 9 44 Clear speaking 46 Chest thumper, 10 for short? 47 Clothing 11 portmanteau 49 Map of México, 12 e.g. 50 Fought in 13 public 52 Even though 21 53 J. R. Ewing, e.g. 23 54 Heroine of Tennessee Williams’s 25 “Summer and 28 Smoke” 56 Corn site 57 Derisive 58 A couple of 29 bucks? 59 TorF, 32 frequently: Abbr. 60 Weatherspoon of the W.N.B.A. 61 Big jerk 62 Wash. setting, in the winter

Down

1 Poor woodcutter of folklore 2 Lumpy 3 Pleasant glance 4 Driver’s license

information 5 Hoot

6 Flap

7 Hercule Poirot,

e.g. Subject of an Italian aria Big Pharma expense “… sting like ___” Protein-rich picnic dish “It doesn’t hurt that bad” Gene mutation results Miracle-___ Frank Loesser’s “Once in Love With ___” Tart Rhyme for “thee” in “America the Beautiful” It may follow a dot

Lead prosecutor in the O. J. Simpson case 33 Stubborn one 34 Be against 35 Animal house 36 Maximally 37 Iceberg’s cousin 38 Gallery owner 39 Still packing, say

40 What the four undercover orgs. in this puzzle might do 41 Things that are voted on 42 Means of identification 44 Long, long time 45 Early diet drink 47 Some cuts, later 48 Neighbor of South Sudan 51 Jolly Roger pirate 52 Grace period? 55 Rural expanse