The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Wall light 7 “Well, excu-uuse me!” 14 Frisk

15 What short

sleeves leave 16 Feebleness 17 Wholly

18 The religiously

unaffiliated 19 Wipe out 20 Carrier to

Tokyo 21 Monk’s title 22 Single-___ 24 Twerp

25 Terse response accepting responsibility 27 Unnerving

look

30 4K

32 Midwest

tribe

33 Private R&R 34 Frustrating place to be stranded 38 Gambling card game that up to 10 may comfortably play at once 40 Involve, as in

controversy 41 Some social media celebrities 45 Days of old 46 Decays

47 Pair

49 Org. that penalizes carrying 50 Places where people wear masks, for short 51 Actress Katherine of “27 Dresses” 53 Fool

55 Like well-connected investigative reporters, say

57 Detests

58 “If ... then”

sort of thinker 59 Faux brother of a popular rock group 60 Do a school visit, in a way?

61 Play favorites

with

Down

1 Rare-earth element named after where it was discovered 2 Engage in

some P.D.A. 3 Handy item in

the kitchen? 4 The ___ Nugget (alliteratively named newspaper since 1897) 5 English potato

chip

6 Subj. of a

“Delayed” sign 7 Cheese sometimes flavored with dill

8 Subjects of

tests for purity 9 “___ sorry …” 10 Beam 11 Illinois college

town

12 Key of Mozart’s

“Requiem” 13 Demesne 15 Greek city visited by Paul before Athens 19 Sized up 23 Stick

24 Like a

cloudless night 26 Gets carried

away 28 Capturer of an unguarded remark

29 Stick in a

cabinet, say 31 Latin 101

word

35 Clear choice for

auto buyers 36 Like the 101st

Division

37 Skin care

product 39 Kind of velocity in planetary physics

40 And others:

Abbr.

41 Some social media commenters 42 Kept going and

going

43 “We’ve got the

green light” 44 Most common

noble gas 48 Hinder 51 “Shoot!” 52 Emmy winner Falco 54 “Heavens to

Betsy!”

56 Wine aperitif 57 One of the first artists to incorporate random chance