The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Tinker (with)

5 Obscures, in a way

10 Acts as one?

14 Memo starter

15 Garden of ___ (punnily

named snack brand)

16 Word with bird or nest 17 Persian for “country” 18 Taqueria menu adjective 19 “You sure about that?” 20 _N_ _ _ERS

23 Téa of “Madam Secretary” 24 “No ___!” (cry in a queue) 25 CRAWL SP_ _ _

31 Brand owned by Whirlpool 34 Absence of musical ability 35 Trojans’ sch.

36 The “seven” referenced by the

film title “Seven” 37 Intoxicated, in modern slang 38 Meh

39 Exam taken by many jrs. 40 Works at a restaurant … or what many diners experience at popular restaurants 41 Sauce that often contains

nuts

42 _EABR_ _ _

45 Small valley

46 First name in cosmetics 49 COLD S_ _U_ _ER

54 Goes over or under, in a way 55 Worst possible turnout

56 It might help you get a grip 57 Product with a Mini variety 58 Role on “Stranger Things” 59 University in a town of the

same name

60 Org.

61 What good pitches often

result in

62 ___ control

(city law subject)

DOWN

1 Nashville university attended by W. E. B. DuBois and John Lewis

2 To

3 Go over, in a way

4 Riddles in Buddhism

5 ___ Baby

6 Anchor’s position

7 Home of the Uintah and

Ouray reservation

8 Nag, nag, nag

9 Popular app originally launched under the name Picaboo

10 Column base

11 Directionless sorts 12 Enterprise rival

13 Lead-in to a counterargument 21 Ancient worshiper of

Pachamama (“earth mother”) 22 Violinist Leopold

26 Language family in Canada 27 Up

28 All wound up

29 Khan Academy subj. 30 Comeback

31 “Go, go, go!”

32 Mineral whose name means

“crumb” in Latin

33 Cures for what ails you 37 Marks in the sand, perhaps 38 All-time greatest

40 Feral

41 “Hey, over here!”

43 Wrestling maneuver

44 Trojan hero born of Aphrodite 47 Actor Hirsch

48 Printer brand

49 From half of a couple, maybe 50 Name that’s a conjunction +

an article

51 It’s all wound up

52 Some time ago

53 Bazaar sight

54 It’s a wrap