East Bay Times

The New York Times

- By Billy Bratton Edited by Will Shortz No. 1231

ACROSS

1 Few and far

between

7 YouTube influencer­s have big ones

15 In on

16 Utopian

17 One end of it

might be felt

18 Mario character with a mushroom head and pink braids

19 Turning point in

constructi­on?

20 Jollity

21 _ _ _ Solo, son of

Leia Organa

22 Lab order?

23 Perfectly

cromulent

24 Heretofore

26 Windup

27 His initial stands

for Tureaud

28 About one in 10

Muslims

30 Devote (to)

33 Works in el

Museo del Prado

35 David Bowie persona in 1970s glam rock

38 Rear-view feature

on a Jeep?

39 Sent to the junkyard Some social media posts, for short

41

43 Trifle (with)

44 Afore

45 Didn’t wait for a

restaurant job?

48 “Man, that

hurts!”

50 Edible husk

51 Suffix with

official

52 Sap

54 Producer of many

popular singles

55 Understand

without listening

57 At a high interest

rate?

58 Caused all sorts

of problems with

59 Kind of pickup

60 Mad magazine

staple

61 Da bomb

DOWN

1 Barely rustled the

net

2 Sort of spectacles not much seen nowadays

3 Forum that provides material for many BuzzFeed articles

4 Ward off

5 Fret about a

fricassee?

6 Long division

7 Not stick out like

a sore thumb

8 Thinks the world

of 9 Dandy

10 Something winds

might cause

11 Pale _ _ _

12 Not get involved

13 First name in

cosmetics

14 Duct tube

20 Grubby little

paws

23 Raggedy

25 Snapped out of a daydream, perhaps

27 Fast-food fare in which two pancakes form a sandwich

29 Soil-loosening

tool

31 Resignatio­n

notice?

32 35-Across and

others, in brief 34 Language with its own “green star” flag

36 Follow, as a lead

37 Large unit of

computing speed

40 Breathfres­hening brand

42 Get frothy

45 Sights in the

Arctic

46 Burn through

47 Disreputab­le

49 Feathery

50 Stir up

53 Purges

54 Casino game with “hits” and “catches”

56 Patty and Selma’s workplace on “The Simpsons,” for short

57 Floors in a ring

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