The New York Times crossword puzzle

No. 0317

Across

1 “Hilarious!” 5 Flight

alternatives 10 Tag, for

example

14 HH 15 Centipede

creator 16 “Lionel Asbo: State of England” novelist, 2012

17 Some paperwork: Abbr. 18 Well-built 20 Ran

21 Foolish 22 Curriculum ___ 23 Sub rosa 25 Bourbon

drinks

26 Off

27 Arise 28 Amount before

bonuses 32 Slips

34 Hill dweller 35 Foolish 36 Dedicated to 37 Fort ___ (Civil War landmark near Savannah) 40 Gravy go-withs 41 City on Amtrak’s Boston-toChicago line 42 Osprey, for one 44 Once-common building material 48 Sequel 50 “Homeland”

airer, for short 51 Foolish 53 Jacob’s

father-in-law 54 Thomas who headed the 9/11 Commission 56 Bach’s “Musical Offering” includes one 58 Simple 59 Supermarket chain until 2015

60 ___ Rock, N.J. 61 Displays near

gates, briefly 62 Stack of papers 63 “Who ___?”

Down

1 When its second syllable is drawn out, “Are you out of your mind?!” 2 Skipping

record? 3 Command for turning sharply right

4 Biblical mount 5 “Groundhog

Day” director 6 Whatsoever 7 How one might

fall in love 8 Hunted

9 Be idle 10 Region bordering Lebanon 11 Recreational soccer, to Brits 12 Embezzles,

e.g.

13 ___ Park 19 Sex-ed subject 21 Foolish

24 “___ thee to hell for shame”: “Richard III” 25 Beatitude

27 Jon of “Two and a Half Men” 28 Comic book

sound effect 29 Question in response to an insult, maybe 30 Some wax 31 Phone inits. 33 Top class:

Abbr.

38 Be idle 39 Grammy

category 40 Off

43 ___ Alto 44 “Shoot!” 45 Byes

46 The “O” in television’s OWN

47 Title locale 49 Foolish … or, when read as three words, how this puzzle’s other four “foolish” answers are arranged 52 Robe-wearing trainer of cinema 55 Dr. Mario

console 57 Abbr. in a

beach bag