NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Prefix with day

or night

4 “You can’t possibly mean me?!”

7 ___ Khan

(Muslim title) 8 “Malternative”

beverage

15 It’s mostly nitrogen on Earth, but carbon dioxide on Mars 16 Preschooler, say 17 With 8-Down, light blue Monopoly property

18 Jan. honoree 19 Zoned out 22 Kareem AbdulJabbar’s alma mater 23 “Mamma ___!” 24 Footnote abbr. 25 Dude

28 iPad Pro, for one 31 With 48-Down, promotional phrase on some product packages 32 1996 doubleplatinum Beck album 33 Regulator mechanism, for short

34 Utter hell, say? 35 N.B.A. great with five championship rings as a player and three as a head coach 37 Fix, as loose

laces

38 Seemed confused, maybe

46 One told to “Go

get ’em!” 47 Provider of a

canyon trail ride 49 Appeared pokerfaced

55 Whittle (down) 56 Brand with the record for a single car driven the most miles (3+ million and counting)

57 It’s $550 for 17-Across/ 8-Down with a hotel on it 58 Directive before “awake” or “woke” 59 “Adorkable” one,

maybe

60 20,310 ft., for

Denali

Down

1 Taiwan Strait’s

___ Islands 2 “Roger that” 3 Result of a damaged hard drive

4 One whose porridge was too cold for Goldilocks 5 Pennsylvania petroleum center, once 6 Peeved

8 See 17-Across:

Abbr.

9 Paved the way 10 1981’s “Gorky Park” or 2012’s “Gone Girl” 11 Luxury hotel

chain 12 “Stuffed” food

item at a pub 13 Musician Yoko 14 N.B.A. scoring

stat: Abbr. 20 Name of 11

pharaohs 21 Support column 26 Muppet with a

unibrow

27 Effect created by a guitar pedal, informally 29 Magazine highlighting Clio winners

30 It’s been known to chase Wild Turkeys

36 Letter before

theta

38 Pair of cymbals

in a drum kit 39 Ancient

marketplace 40 Loser to Truman

in 1948

41 “___ you for

real?”

42 Certain Wall Street takeover, in brief

43 Highly

unconventional 44 Large bay

window 45 Danish coin 46 Bakers’ amts. 48 See 31-Across 50 Blu-ray

forerunner 51 Partner of then 52 World Cup cheer 53 “Killing ___” (Sandra Oh series)

54 Swarm