The New York Times Crossword

No. 1118

1 Go bad ACROSS

4 ___ Coeur, Mo.

9 Hayes in the Rock and Roll

Hall of Fame

14 “Well, looky here!”

15 Fuel carrier at sea

16 ___ toast

17 Betting game in which you

could lose your shirt

19 One who’s constantly talking

smack

20 Brooklyn basketball team 21 Shaped like grapes

23 Time away from the grind, for

short

24 Film cast and crew

celebration

27 Insolent manner 30 Secondary schools in France 31 Approach

33 Aid in making a pompadour 34 Almost twins … as suggested by this puzzle’s circled squares?

39 [head slap]

40 Smooth, in music

41 Like some writing of Anaïs

Nin

45 Adkins, for Adele

49 Tickets for shorter lines, good

seats, backstage access, etc. 51 Thespian

52 What might be taken to go? 53 The speed of sound

55 Lofty abode

57 Some old mobile devices 59 A.F.C. East athlete, for short 60 Disney princess with “a dreamy far-off look, and her nose stuck in a book” 61 One arguing in court: Abbr. 62 Bookish sorts

63 Twiddled one’s thumbs 64 Sch. with a campus in

Shreveport

DOWN

1 Platforms for speakers 2 Words following “Which

thing?”

3 Sign in an apartment window 4 Signature feature of a

Duracell battery

5 Total hoot

6 Fraternal group with a

mammalian name

7 Peace sign shape

8 Slip-up

9 “OK by me”

10 Largest airport in the Pacific

Northwest

11 Ziggy Stardust vis-à-vis David

Bowie

12 Midge Maisel’s father on “The Marvelous

Mrs. Maisel”

13 Garage occupant

18 Dye for denim

22 Kilmer of “Top Gun” 24 Sneaky sorts 25 Peeved, with “off”

26 Fashion inits.

28 French article

29 “What’s the big ___?” 32 Latvia’s capital

34 Doughnut shapes,

mathematically

35 Burger King offering

36 “Old Town Road” rapper Lil

___ X

37 Stuck on

38 Lightweight rainwear

39 Patel of “Slumdog Millionaire” 42 Moved on the tarmac 43 Places to be marooned 44 Farm-share program, for short 46 Lacking a key, in music 47 “Woman With a Parasol” and

“Impression, Sunrise” 48 1974 pop hit with Spanish

lyrics

50 Like Robert Mueller beginning

in 2013

53 Move around, with “about” 54 First company to be valued at

$1 trillion

55 Raggedy ___

56 Word before dropper or

popper

58 Spearheaded