The New York Times

ACROSS

1 It can cover all

the bases

5 Rocks out?

10 Picks

14 On the safe side,

at sea

15 Tom ___, consigliere in “The Godfather”

16 Choice in a slumber party game

17 Apologetic comment from a dinner guest

20 Lined up

21 Comebacks

22 Foul-smelling

24 One using a bib,

maybe

25 Promising reply

26 Public house

27 ___ support

29 Organization with a strong track record?

31 Grain stores

33 Take off in a

hurry

34 Neologize

37 A message from the Pentagon might be in this

38 Unimaginative

39 Smartphone, at times Orange soda brand

Word with tie or fly

41 42

1 14 45 Crystal object featured in Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi,” the most expensive painting ever sold

46 Appendectomy

sites, in brief

48 One purchasing

cigars, maybe

50 What helps you see the big picture?

53 Two-_ _ _ (many a sports car)

54 Best-selling Israeli author of “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind”

56 A Swiss Army

knife has many

57 Bicker

58 Put one’s foot

down

59 Extra

60 Bee lines?

61 New Year’s Eve

song word

DOWN

1 Hummus

ingredient

2 Friends-andfamily support group

3 Don’t forget

4 Jury members

5 Chinese takeout

staple

Edited by Will Shortz No. 0120 6 Hip-hop duo ___ 32 Play a mean

Sremmurd guitar, slangily

7 Petri dish 34 Part for a balding

medium man?

8 “See?” 35 “Dejection” is a

9 Easily attached, famous one

in a way 36 Goes over again 10 Things a bettor 37 Party

better know 39 Get close

11 Quark or lepton 40 Grounds for a

12 “Uh-huh, you said fight

it!” 42 Retro phone type 13 Motion detector, 43 “Wuthering

e.g. Heights” actress

18 Penny candy Merle _ _ _

morsel since 1907 44 Insult

19 “That could 47 Real bore work!”

49 Some bakers’

23 Splashy display wares

28 Go along for the 51 Screen ride, say

52 It’s a long story

30 Letters that

55 What many air shouldn’t be

conditioners do written big for air rescue (a single V or X is best)