The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Temple figure

6 Joins hands?

11 Refresh, as the memory 14 “All this kid stuff now, it’s crazy”

15 Fictional hero whose name is Spanish for “fox”

16 Link, of a sort

17 ___ code

18 Setting for the start of “The Sound of Music”

19 Locale traversed by Lewis and Clark: Abbr.

20 Studio upgrade 22 Standouts on the pitcher’s mound

23 ___ Bay (place mentioned in “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay”)

24 Provides

26 Season ticket holder, presumably

27 Dance traditionally performed to tell a story

30 Reefer 31 Wet-weather footwear

33 Like someone associated with a blue, pink and white flag, for short

34 Time magazine’s 2019 Person of the Year

37 Hard to pick up 38 Command after a crash 39 “Sure, that time works for me”

41 Not handle ice well, say 42 Tour grp.

45 Whistle blower 47 Watering hole

49 They end in septembre 50 Type of rental agreement 53 Topper

54 Book club leader on TV 55 Sound

56 “If u ask me …” 57 Madame___ (online lifestyle magazine) 58 Pharmaceutical giant, informally

59 Perfect score … or half of one 60 Parts of an assembly

61 City NE of Manchester

DOWN

1 Con

2 Supreme Egyptian god 3 Rib-eye request 4 Overindulges in 5-Down 5 Activity by the water cooler 6 Magnate

7 Rebecca in the Basketball Hall of Fame 8 Shaded area

9 Like many biochem majors 10 Kind of flour

11 Spot to pick up a smoothie 12 Process involving a server 13 Readers, e.g.

21 Labor leader?

22 Was su-u-uper into 25 “Better than I expected!” 28 Popular fantasy film franchise, for short 29 Word on either side of “to” 31 Sorting header in a music app

32 “The Avengers” role 34 When the sports preshow ends

35 Used as improv fodder, say 36 Sound

37 Like many a campsite at night

40 Fishing gear left underwater 42 Toy associated with France 43 Throw away all inhibitions 44 Gets to

46 Like ghost stories

48 One of Donald Duck’s nephews

51 Major D.C. lobby

52 “___ Gotta Have It” 54 Ending with clip or slip