NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Modest qualifier, online 5 Sling 9 Where it’s at 13 Easy kill in Fortnite, say 14 ___ days 16 Nabe 17 Problems with pay or paper 18 Information in a shopping guide

20 End of some business names 22 Media pro 23 Rides into battle 25 Grease 26 Bratty kid 27 Bomb

28 U.N. agcy. headquartered in Geneva 31 Many a staffer for a late-night show

34 “Keen!” 35 Musical alter ego of Donald Glover 37 Minute 38 Relatives of

water skis

39 Go soft, in a

way

40 Rocker Joan 41 Lights or darks,

e.g.

42 One way to

take stock? 43 Gardeners’ tools 46 Beer with an astronomical name

49 What Brits call

a “saloon” 50 Cookout option for a vegetarian 53 Last option on

a survey 54 Corvine : crows :: strigine : ___ 55 Word said with

a handshake 56 Lip, in slang 57 When doubled, “I heard you the first time” 58 Cartoonish wail 59 Hullabaloo

Down

1 Worshipers of the rain god Illapa 2 Knight’s need 3 Office-sharing system, in modern lingo 4 To an excessive degree 5 One-sixth of a

fl. oz.

6 One might

make a splash 7 Possible insight for a psychologist 8 Irreverence 9 Exactly

10 Sci-fi beam makeup 11 Packed with plasticware, perhaps 12 The plot of Genesis? 15 Deserving of condemnation 19 Extend, as an employment contract 21 “Bridesmaids” co-star Chris 24 Tries and fails 28 Getting a strange vibe 29 Helper 30 Plains people 31 Hwy. crossings 32 North/South divide, with “the” 33 Feels no remorse

34 They get big bucks from big Bucks 36 Climates 40 Part of a frame job?

42 Pet peeve? 44 Businesswoman Zuckerberg, sister of Mark 45 Not look so good? 46 Break-dancer, in slang 47 Homeimprovement chain eponym 48 Where Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played college ball

51 Prefix with system 52 Counterpart of FF