The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Got the attention of 8 Followers of the Baal Shem Tov 15 Author known for the intelligence of his writing? 16 Outer layer of a membrane 17 Crystallizing substance in Kurt Vonnegut’s “Cat’s Cradle” 18 Conglomeration

19 & 20 Pattern in back

of a window

21 Cut down, possibly 22 Cold-weather

product prefix 23 Reading ability? 26 Can’t stomach

30 “De profundis,” e.g. 32 Best-selling erotic

novelist ___ Leigh 33 Germ-free state

35 & 37 Hit Leonardo DiCaprio film, with “The”

38 Narrow tube

in chemistry

39 Get better

40 App customers 41 Cinches

45 Boardom?

46 Playing card marking 49 Word with full or file 50 & 52 Commander at the First Battle of Bull Run

55 Kobe or Shaq,

notably

57 Recruits

58 Steam locomotive workers

59 Black Panther’s

co-creator

60 Reduction of tension 61 Choir composition

DOWN

1 Chasséd, say 2 Withdraw

3 Gets a 5 on an AP exam, say 4 One who may help you keep your balance? 5 Lancastrian or Liverpudlian

6 ___ Laszlo (cosmetics brand) 7 Not easily understood 8 Stacks 9 Lumberjack 10 Daytime TV fare 11 Pass the time 12 Prepare, as hides for tanning 13 Org. that supported the Good Friday Agreement 14 “Scrumptious!” 24 Razor cut

25 May and others, for short

27 Hard to hear, perhaps 28 Quick pace

29 A good one is hard to crack 31 Underground activity

33 1970 Australian Open winner 34 WWII weapon 35 Full of sass 36 Gap in a schedule 38 Lightweight boxer? 42 Brawl in the backwoods 43 Possible candidate for a Razzie Award

44 Has a funny feeling 47 Like atoms with complete valence shells 48 Inherently 51 Stomach

52 The new girl on Fox’s

“New Girl” 53 Disfavoring 54 Group with a tartan 55 Subject of many ’60s hits?

56 Had something