The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Vessel for frying food 9 Variety of green tea 15 Word with power or zero
16 Having win after win 17 Beer you make yourself
18 Get cell service? 19 Lovelace of computing fame 20 Some West Point grads 22 Non-PC?
23 Is an agent for, informally
25 One end of a kite string 26 Genuflect, e.g. 27 Indian state known for its tea
29 The moon, e.g. 30 Book leaf
31 Two, to Teo
33 NFL star who was a Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year in 2017
34 Who said “If you’re not ready to die for it, put the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary” 37 Accept the sudden loss of, as an opportunity 38 Children’s author Beverly 40 “Duuuude!”
41 Flute, e.g.
42 One doing cat scans? 44 “Finished!”
48 Lift 49 Mother-of-pearl 51 Zippo
52 “Here Come the Warm Jets” musician 53 Butts
55 Lead-in to X, Y or Z 56 Lose fizz
DOWN
1 Name that comes from
Arabic for “desert” 2 Dwellings
3 Many graphics
on election night
4 Use it for kicks
5 Italy’s third-largest island,
after Sicily and Sardinia 6 Engine sounds
7 At the original speed,
in music
8 Publishing debut of
1851, with “The” 9 Lead-in to T, A or X
10 In short order
11 Bit of ink
12 What might have a large collection of prints 13 What Gandhi once likened to an ocean 58 Classic declaration in Gotham City 60 Burning
61 Not closing before 10 or 11 p.m. 62 Back from a vacation, say 63 Acceptance from fellow brainiacs, in slang
14 Opening of many a speech 21 Swarm 24 Pathetic one 26 College in Brunswick, Me. 28 Ties up, in a way 30 Oslo setting 32 Furtive 33 LinkedIn listing 34 Mixed martial arts champion Conor ___ 35 Multipurpose 36 First ones to bat 39 Representative sample of a larger group
42 Acid holder
43 ___ l’oeil (illusion) 45 One-named 1950s TV sex symbol 46 Imagine
47 Back from a vacation, say 49 “Gotcha”
50 Old flame?
53 Like Old Mother Hubbard’s cupboard 54 Smooth 57 Burning
59 Spa offering, briefly