The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Balaclava, for one
8 Approximately five milliliters: abbr.
11 Invasive plant?
14 “Don’t mean any disrespect,” in modern lingo
15 Powerful tablet
17 Add to a database
18 Walgreens competitor
19 Level
20 Bolster
21 Algae touted as a superfood
22 Equipment used with goggles
23 Bánh ___ (Vietnamese cake)
24 Dope
25 Like idol worshippers
31 Commercial name that becomes a Native American tribe if you move its first letter to the end
35 Counterpart of 6-Down
36 Daring way to go
37 Not go in a straight line
38 Give a whoop
39 Part of some love triangles
41 Word before or after “one”
43 Ahead of, old-style
44 Infrequent losers
48 Natural fuel source
52 Decides to abstain
53 Juice brand owned by Coca-Cola
54 Nutty confection
55 Indian restaurant fixture
56 It may be broken in a library
57 Major Tuscan export
58 Gang members
59 ___ Prize (onetime annual $1 million award)
60 Person who’s
spectacularly awful
DOWN
1 Places for braces
2 Specific occasion
3 Sassy response to a scolding
4 Green land
5 Where models are assembled?
6 “See ya!”
7 ___ Landing (part of Philadelphia)
8 Runs out of gas
9 Three-cornered sail
10 Rhetoric class concept
11 Back slap?
12 Sales figure
13 Go through a voice change?
16 Formal opening
25 Not forward
26 Little wiggler
27 Gold standard
28 Turn
29 “I’m gonna be sick!”
30 Stick in a ball-and-stick game
32 Classic film with a screaming boy on its poster
33 Monthly travelers?
34 Sty, e.g.
40 2013 hit for 2 Chainz and Wiz Khalifa
42 Formally choose
44 Thicket
45 When the Boston Marathon is held
46 Most of a sugar cane
47 Charger
48 Screw up
49 Locale of America’s deepest gorge
50 Lineup in
44-Across
51 Colorful wraps