NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 What’s on the up

and up?

7 A little smoke? 10 Economy-based calculation, for short

13 College

assignment 14 Classic symbol of

purity and grace 16 Take an

unplanned trip 17 Transmitter of audio programmes 18 Lets loose

19 Test drives 20 Endnote abbr. meaning “same as before” 21 Cries of shear

terror?

22 Sir Georg who conducted 999 Chicago Symphony concerts

23 Aid in focusing 24 Economize

26 Off

27 “Whatevs” 28 Halley’s comet, to

some

29 ___ steak, dish lightly seared on the outside and raw in the middle 31 What it’s not, in a

saying

36 Keep one’s beginning goals modest

37 Issa who created “Awkward Black Girl”

38 Bring in 39 Licenses,

perhaps 41 Victor’s crow 44 King Lear’s

middle daughter 46 Cannabis with a high level of THC

47 Major street in New York City or New Orleans 49 Literary character whose name translates to “no one”

50 One way to

wonder 51 Highlighters, of

sorts

53 Gently apply, as

concealer

54 Pass on a wing

and a prayer 55 Many cross

words?

56 Like zombies and

some loves 57 They’re not only

human

58 Org. that checks

what you don’t 59 Fiddle (with) 60 Feeds

DOWN

1 Movie that’s not expected to be a blockbuster 2 Pucker precipitators at a pub

3 Arrive with great

hype

4 Roots 5 Common Scandinavian man’s name 6 Ball holder 7 Angular

movement? 8 The emperor Túpac Amaru, for one

9 Ones running the world, per Beyoncé

10 Lunar ___ 11 Evidence in a criminal case, maybe

12 Greek word for

“knowledge” 15 Panthers’ home 17 What it’s not, in

a saying 19 Develop feelings

for

21 Internal lie detector, so to speak 25 Compatriot 28 Vegetable that’s baked, fried or roasted 30 Cannabis product sometimes found in granola

32 In an intimate

way, in a way 33 Third-grade

groups? 34 Storm on the

horizon, maybe 35 Certain

clubhouse

40 It may leave you speechless 41 Fixture on a

frozen lake 42 Actor Damon

Sr. or Damon Jr. 43 People of the Iroquois Confederacy 45 It can be radiant or magnetic 46 Korean model hitting the scene in 1999 48 Cap, but not a

hat

52 Prefix with

second

53 It’s a plan 55 Venue for many

TV reruns