The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Part of some Italian church names

5 Rights advocacy org.

9 “The food of love,” per Shakespeare 14 Territory reached along the Oregon Trail

15 Pirate’s swill 16 Feeling the need to pace, say 17 Actress who portrayed Scarlett O’Hara and Blanche DuBois 19 Spring zodiac symbol

20 Cocktails with brandy and crème de menthe

21 Ape

22 Doomed to fail, for short

23 Co-Nobelist of 1978

24 Awards that only one college athlete has ever won twice

29 Some stock in the exotic pet trade 31 Cow, often

32 Japan’s _ _ _

Castle

33 K-O connector 34 Ones getting the last word in

36 Spot for a hymnbook 37 Country west of Zambia: Abbr.

38 Katey who played TV’s Peg Bundy 39 Something that a ram and a Ram have in common 40 Atkins, for one 44 Tackle box assortment

45 The “O” of 18Down

46 Said nasty things about

48 “We appreciate the contribution” 53 Shouts of accomplishment 54 Complete reversals

55 Church chorus? 56 Really cool, in dated slang 57 Black-and-white danger

58 “Ol’ Man

River” singer, traditionally 59 Jeremiad

60 Take a ___

DOWN

1 Expeditions, e.g. 2 Coming to blows, say

3 Indigenous race in the “Avatar” movies

4 What Columbus thought he’d reached in 1492 5 Radiant 6 Old-fashioned news source 7 Records

8 “Gross!”

9 Charger dodgers 10 Open on Christmas, say 11 What a provocateur aims to do

12 “Money ___ object”

13 Concern for a dermatologist 18 World Vision and others, for short 21 Utensil for peeling 23 Ratfink

24 Soars near the shore, maybe 25 Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short, in a 1986 comedy

26 Away from

27 Source of down 28 Scattered, as seed 29 Uninspiring

30 Prefix with directional

34 Hot shot?

35 Challenged 39 Cheery refrains from the Seven Dwarfs

41 Big-game hunting targets in the classic short story “The Most Dangerous Game” 42 Most prying 43 Aerodynamic resistance

46 Take a ___

47 Holy title in Tibet 48 Early Quechua speaker

49 What “T” stands for in video game ratings

50 Peut-___ (French “maybe”) 51 High-end camera brand

52 Stressor for some H.S. sophomores 54 Dip stick?