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 18-Down

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?