The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Ideologies 5 Something to pitch or break 9 “I give up!”
14 Ham or lamb
15 ___ bowl (health food offering)
16 1988 Summer Olympics city 17 Subject of interest to a 23andMe user 18 Vivacious
19 “You are not!” retort 20 Cellphone button
22 Tiny sound? 23 Xylophonist’s need
24 URL ending
25 Hit from the ’60s?
27 “Baa baa” mama 28 Groups plotting coups 31 “Casablanca” setting 32 IV solution
33 English school that’s a rival of Harrow
34 Party purchase … or a hint to each circled letter set 38 Brief moments
39 Bronze and brass 40 Aviated 41 Unburdened by
42 A.T.F. agent, e.g. 45 ___-told
46 Keyboard key pressed by a pinkie
47 “Nothing in life is fun for the whole ___”: Jerry Seinfeld 49 Prepped, as apples for baking
51 Tiffs
53 River rental 54 “Aaron ___, Sir” (song from “Hamilton”) 55 Panache 56 Fluorescent bulb filler 57 Major Baltic port 58 Desktop image 59 Quick to anger 60 Pour forth 61 Grasps
DOWN
1 “Sign me up!”
2 Go back and forth
3 Layer below the earth’s crust 4 Shade of blue 5 Symbol on a Braves baseball cap 6 “Bullets,” in poker
7 Old German money 8 Orchestra locale
9 On drugs
10 Beat writer ___ Cassady 11 Not be punctual 12 Greatly desires
13 “Mr. Blue Sky” band, for short
21 Sportscast summary 22 E-file recipient, in brief 24 Soccer stadium chant 26 Study
29 Upset stomach soother, informally 30 Twistable joint
31 They’ll earn you a 2.0 32 Annual Austin festival, for short
34 Healthy diet and regular exercise, say 35 Barkeep’s grabber 36 Hullabaloo
37 Hands down
38 Airport across the bay from OAK 41 Pokémon Go, in the late 2010s, e.g.
42 Savage
43 Mama Cass 44 Vacuum cleaners featuring “cyclone” technology 46 Minuscule
48 “Live and Let Die” villain 50 Rummage (through) 51 Witticism 52 Advocate for
53 Cougar or cheetah 54 Abbr. in a real estate ad