The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Last name of two of the friends on “Friends” 7 January birthstone 13 Northern ___ Islands, U.S. commonwealth 14 Lubricated

16 ___ manière de (in the manner of: Fr.)

17 Staple of the Burning Man festival

19 Brief address

20 See 34-Across 21 Contemporaries of the Sadducees

22 See 34-Across

23 Prime business 26 Russian fighter jet

27 Past the sell-by date, say 30 Drudge

31 Former African capital of 13+ million

33 Got a move on

34 What this puzzle’s two-letter answers correspond with, given their locations in the grid

37 Under the table

38 Dig

39 Shouted “Encore!,” say 42 Bowed, to a cellist

43 Cow

44 Movie pizzeria destroyed in a riot

46 Like the “Step in Time” singers in “Mary Poppins” 48 Underwire ___

49 Sonja on the ice

50 See 34-Across 51 Insistent comeback

54 See 34-Across 55 Key near the tilde 57 Some garden blooms 58 On

59 Next available 61 Stick-up artist? 63 Acknowledges nonverbally 64 Fingers

DOWN

1 Acis’s lover in “Metamorphoses” 2 Period of note

3 See 34-Across

4 Tag

5 Biblical figure born to a 105-year-old father 6 Unexpectedly came face to face with

7 Putting one’s reputation at risk

8 Moneyed suffix

9 Like Harvard Yard, in a Boston accent

10 See 34-Across

11 Part of a professor’s email address

12 Animals symbolizing the universe in Chinese culture 13 Spiked clubs 15 Pursued, as a trade 18 Pretend

24 Style of the

Waldorf Astoria

25 Weak excuse 28 Storied El Capitan climbing route

29 Southwest acquisition of 2011

31 Furrowed

32 Sting

35 Make faces

36 Ski ___

39 Charles of “The Great Escape”

40 Rolls up, as a sail 41 Magic potions 42 Dipsticks

45 Manage

47 “Holy cannoli!”

49 Book preceding Joel 52 Were, biblically 53 Notary public’s need 56 Dove bar?

58 4G ___ (standard for mobile devices)

60 See 34-Across

62 See 34-Across