The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 U.S. holiday beginning in 2021 11 Jumps out

15 First NPR reporter promoted to correspondent before age 30 16 Cousin of the Spanish chirimía or Italian piffero 17 Bluish-gray pet 18 Waterfall phenomenon 19 “Ugh!”

20 Up for a drive? 21 They form lines for their work 22 Source of Manchego cheese 24 Something that isn’t assumed

26 High degree

30 “Out!”

31 Jump on board? 32 See 34-Down 35 Product that may be sold by the yard

36 Org. that has more members in Africa than in the Mideast

37 Weakish hands 38 Whizzes

39 Comedian Michael 40 Self-driving car company that started as a Google project 41 “Heaven forbid!” 42 Occur 44 What a laborer’s hands may do over time

46 Horror movie franchise known for both its action and slapstick humor

49 “What’s the ___?” 50 Has, with “on” 51 Black or green grocery items 53 “I heard you the first five times!” 57 2018 Literature Nobelist

Tokarczuk

58 TV bar with frequent health code violations overlooked by the city’s mayor

60 Move swiftly

61 Torn

62 Peat sources 63 Slow-growing ornamental

DOWN

1 One standing by a door

2 Orenburg’s river 3 See 5-Down 4 Concerned with beauty

5 With 3-Down, title setting of a 1937 Agatha Christie mystery

6 A time to dye? 7 Sport in which masks are worn 8 Improved, as the weather 9 Work 10 Super-popular

11 One of the Claremont Colleges

12 Props for some plays

13 His 2016 debut album unseated “Thriller” for the most weeks spent in the top 10 on Billboard’s R&B/ Hip-Hop chart (77) 14 Spots

21 Walk like an elephant

23 ___ hours 25 Senesces

26 Used for freeloading 27 “Forever Young” band, 1984

28 Still not up, say 29 Knock dead 33 Hoped-for result 34 Shoe that can’t be 32-Across

37 Window _ _ _

38 More than skim through

40 Puts one and one together?

41 Blast

43 Folds

45 Disruptive board move

47 Square things 48 Particulars, slangily

52 Eponym of the world’s largest tennis stadium 54 Game introduced to the U.S. by Chinese immigrants in the 19th century 55 Warcraft meanies 56 Take a ___

58 Video game customization 59 Fore’s counterpart