The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 World capital where the language Ga is spoken 6 Dish often topped with goat cheese and cranberries 15 Cut scene?

16 Yanqui

17 Food for a brown bear 18 “Understood” 19 Reprimand to the overly speedy

21 First name at Springfield Elementary

22 End of many a co. name 23 Abbr. of interest

26 A male one is a jack 28 Machine shop essential 31 Peter preceder, in a phonetic alphabet

32 “Well, of course!”

33 Held eye contact for too long, say

36 Festival observed every October 31 to November 2 38 February honoree 39 Something to do for peace 40 It’s named for the Norse god of war: Abbr.

41 Head overseas

42 Big purchaser of scanners, in brief

43 Black ___

44 Part of NATO: Abbr.

46 Red states, once

49 One meaning of a raised index finger 54 Completely

58 Name derived from the Greek for “holy” 59 Sending to the cloud, e.g. 60 Sound name 61 Figureheads? 62 Question from someone waving across a crowded room

DOWN

1 Source of some bubbles 2 Amazon icon 3 Narrow escapes 4 “Row, Row, Row Your Boat,” for one 5 Composer Bruckner 6 ___ Lawson, W.N.B.A. star-turned-coach for the Boston Celtics 7 “___ Gitano,” Spanish-language hit for Beyoncé and Alejandro Fernández 8 Bound to follow

9 Bring into existence 10 Brought into existence 11 Word often followed by a Roman numeral 12 ___-di-dah

13 Santa ___ 14 Indicator of a note’s duration, on a score

20 “Hot” thing

23 Slightly off

24 Not watertight

25 Port Sudan is on it 26 Expands

27 Get ready for action

29 “????? ” 30 Timor-___ (U.N. member since 2002) 31 Shortened again 33 Brooks, for example

34 Auto correction

35 Mini

37 Some A.B.A. members 44 Eight-related

45 R, in a postal abbreviation 47 Makes red in the face? 48 “By the way,” e.g.

50 It gets a licking

51 Bar supply

52 Appear 53 Renaissance family name 54 Generator’s output 55 Water monitor, for short 56 ___-weekly

57 Quote from Homer