The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Al who created Li’l Abner 5 Chatting online, in brief 10 Almost any offer that’s too good to be true 14 Doozy 15 “I swear!” 16 Robe in old Rome 17 The “A” of UAE 18 * Basketball position for Magic Johnson or Steph Curry 20 * Level on the military wage scale 22 Player in front of a net 23 What sailors and beachgoers breathe 24 Uncouth person 25 Colorado summer hrs. 26 * Alternative to a brush when coating the side of a house 30 Things coiled on the sides of houses 33 With 44- Across, onetime British slapstick comic 34 Single- stranded genetic molecule 35 ___ and crafts 36 Consumer products giant, for short ... or a hint to the answers to the eight starred clues 37 Tylenol target 38 “You got it now?” 39 Toyota hybrid 40 North Pole resident 41 * The Beach Boys or Backstreet Boys 43 Amusement 44 See 33- Across 45 Marx’s collaborator on “The Communist Manifesto” 49 ___ Field, former home of the Seattle Mariners 52 * Shade akin to olive 54 * Sorority types who go out a lot 56 Eugene O’Neill’s “___ Christie” 57 Help with a crime 58 Letter- shaped fastener 59 “Veni, ___, vici” 60 Hellmann’s product, informally 61 Daytime or Primetime awards 62 Holler
DOWN
1 Applauds 2 Enveloping glows, old- style 3 ___ del Rey, Calif. 4 * Darts and snooker 5 Somewhat 6An emoji may suggest it 7 1970s tennis champ Nastase 8 Writer Anaïs 9 Dig into work 10 E. B. White’s “___ Little” 11 Unwanted stocking stuffer 12 Prefix with cultural 13 Prepared, as dinner or a bed 19 Foolish, informally 21 Frees ( of) 24 Marching halftime crews 26 Fence in 27 Mom’s mom, for short
28 The “U” of ICU 29 Mom’s mom 30 Lock securer 31 ___ O’s ( breakfast cereal) 32 One of 12 in Alcoholics Anonymous 33 Oksana ___, 1994 Olympic skating wonder 36 What may precede Chapter 1 in a novel 37 * Roast accompaniment prepared with drippings 39 $$$$, on Yelp 40 Like choir music 42 Run- down area 43 Lavish meals 46 Counting- off word 47 1980s tennis champ Ivan 48 Creature that leaves a slimy trail 49 What an email filter filters 50 Rhyme scheme for Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” 51 Glenn of the Eagles 52 School event with a king and a queen 53 “For Better or For Worse” mom 55 Company that pioneered the UPC bar code