The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Overweight and untidy 9 Fertilizer ingredient 15 Sybaritic pursuit 16 City on the Douro River 17 Bro-ey shout-out 18 1973 Best Actor winner for “Save the Tiger” 19 Knotty tree growth 20 Took sick leave, say 22 Slobbery toon 23 Subject of the documentary “Top Secret Rosies: The Female Computers of WWII” 24 Torah vessels 25 “Happy Days” hangout, informally 26 Waiting for a delivery 28 Miss, e.g. 30 23andMe services 33 Ones going on runs 35 Got on the board 37 Like oil spills and clearing of rainforests 41 Jack’s other name 42 Certain Febreze targets44 Paragon 45 Played with the bow, in music 48 “Say Anything...” director 49 Embroil 50 Ads that get lots of traffic? 52 Confident self-assessment 53 Tarzan’s realm 54 What a hack has 56 Do a double take? 57 Progressive competitor 58 Being 59 Hinged
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1 Some disguised fishing trawlers 2 Nebulous 3 Method of solving 4 Transferrer of stock? 5 Today preceder 6 “That’s lousy” 7 Clocked 8 “Y” with a bar 9 Skunks 10 Take in the paper 11 Winner of five British Opens between 1975 and 1983 12 Hardwear? 13 One with a frog in its throat? 14 Signs of rush hour 21 Capital across the Red Sea from Asmara 26 Idaho’s Nez ___ County 27 Makes out 29 Belgium’s longest-reigning monarch (44 years)
31 Macbeth met one at Dunsinane Hill 32 Cabbage for canning? 34 Formulaically humorous 36 Mad 38 Woman’s name meaning “gift” 39 Decked out 40 Like some aspirin regimens 43 Prepare for a long day ahead 45 At ___ minimum 46 Turn yellow or red, say 47 Fissure 49 Where “The Last Supper” is located 51 Fabric purchase 55 Add up to