The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Directive for the board
10 No big shot
13 Popular pubs for college
grads
15 Finger-point?
16 Footwear with a sturdy toe 17 Something about you 18 “Suitable for all ages” rating 19 Non-beef steak option 20 Pass quickly
22 Spots
24 Young point of one’s life 27 Some damning legal
evidence
30 Enter gradually
33 With 53-Down, article of
close-fitting attire
34 State that many are in when
they visit a national park 35 Chairs, for instance 37 Condition treated in speech
therapy
40 Neighbor of the patellar
tendon, in brief
41 ___ gun (sci-fi weapon) 43 Gives a rude awakening 44 “Until next time!”
48 Fatal attraction?
49 “Need a ___?”
53 Octave follower in a
Petrarchan sonnet
54 Many a prof
56 “Springtime With ___” (2004
Disney adaptation)
57 Quaint word whose syllables rhyme with consecutive numbers
58 Staying vigilant 62 Logo, often
63 Sign to turn back
64 Top ___
65 Something wonderful, with
“the”
DOWN
1 Flits
2 Fruit popular in salads, but
not fruit salads
3 Light encouragement
4 “Just stop talking!”
5 Home to Sicily’s Castello di
Lombardia
6 “Ni-i-ice!”
7 Alternative to Lunesta or
Quviviq
8 “Saint” elsewhere 9 Self-care essential?
10 It’s played with a few strings 11 Art of cutting cards? 12 Move left … right … left
… right …
14 Ones spreading the gospel
through rap music or graffiti 15 Big export of Ecuador and
Nigeria
21 Story line
23 Went quickly 25 Start of many colonial titles 26 Actress de Matteo of “The
Sopranos”
28 Go quickly
29 Mares, e.g.
30 Valley where David fought
Goliath
31 Characteristic of a wild time
or a coming decline 32 Onetime capital of the
sovereign Republic of Texas 36 Santa’s coat?
38 Sugar substitute?
39 Novelist Jean
42 “O fairest beauty, do not fear
___ fly!”: “Henry VI, Part I” 45 Shirley of “Goldfinger” 46 Had a date, maybe
47 Pal of Scooby-Doo
50 Dunne of classic screwball
comedies
51 Might
52 “Yeah, def”
53 See 33-Across
55 Like some humor and
chocolate
59 Noggin
60 Three-way intersection 61 Company connection inits.