The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 The “one” in
“the old one- two,” maybe
8 Chivalrous offer
15 “You bet!”
16 Eyes, slangily 17 Become independent ... as suggested visually by some of this grid’s black squares
19 It’s a wrap
20 Cereal with a Berry
Berry variety
21 Being, to Sartre 22 Taking action
23 Gulf currency
25 Joint
26 Comical Howard 27 Tourist center handout 29 Fun and games,
informally
30 Lord of Rivendell in “The Lord of the Rings”
32 Summer cooler
34 Salon offering
36 Any of 13 popes 37 Suits, briefs, etc. 41 Home of Theseus
45 Q& A on Reddit
46 Body parts that become other body parts if you change the second letter to an A 48 ___ Juan
49 Way off, say
51 Summer cooler 52 Wheels of fortune? 53 Slammin’ Sammy 55 Series of ages
56 Like much data 57 Mental eccentricity ... as suggested visually by some of this grid’s black squares 60 Briskly, to
equestrians 61 Something a short
driver might need? 62 Meet at the river,
perhaps 63 Unfavorable
DOWN
1 Like a ballet dancer 2 Language akin to
portugués
3 Hide seeker
4 Doctor
5 ___ jacket
6 Opposite of drop
7 Line setter
8 Things you can
get credit for
9 French article 10 Wallace who wrote
“Ben- Hur”
11 Relative
of Aunt Bee
12 Started making money as an athlete 13 Suspect in Clue 14 Soul
18 Actress Dobrev of
“The Vampire Diaries”
No. 0628 23 Physician on TV’s
“Celebrity Rehab” 24 Didn’t end as scheduled 27 Over
28 ___ Corner, section of
Westminster Abbey 31 Black ___
33 Place for a retired
soldier?
35 Ohio town that was the first permanent settlement in the state ( 1788) 37 Chocolaty nougat- andcaramel product
38 Give off
39 Face- saving aid
at a reunion
40 Canon competitor
42 Will have to face 43 Features of
smartphones
44 Blandly agreeable
47 ___ Falls Convention ( early women’s rights gathering)
50 Some bow ties
52 French city near
the Belgian border 54 Skinny
56 First name in game shows 58 & 59 So- so