The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Publication that usually

has only one contributor 5 Locale for a wedding 10 Whole bunch

14 Slimming surgery, for short 15 Writer Zora ___ Hurston 16 Bit of equipment for

a skier or trekker 17 Nonstick cookware brand 18 Logical, as a syllogism 19 Stir up

20 Gesture involving hitting one’s own hand in celebration

22 Was a no-show, say 24 Singer Nat King ___

25 Not fast

26 Things that scratch

a scratching post 28 Material for some jewelry

at a surf shop

32 June birthstone 33 Protrusion

34 Many a C-Span interviewee,

informally

35 For fear that

36 Records and documents 37 Game with nine rooms 38 Trains that run

to O’Hare airport 39 Swindles

40 Physique

41 Criminal records?

43 Puts the kibosh on

44 A “golden” one is an especially good thing to follow

45 Ohm’s law unit 46 “Heavens!”

49 If this is exhausted,

all is lost

53 Movie theater eponym

54 Like cards at a card table 56 About 5,280 ft., for Denver 57 ___ vera

58 Still in the running,

so to speak

59 Tick off

60 Don’t pass

61 Alpine call

62 First-year law student … or what every answer in this puzzle has exactly

DOWN

1 Sandwiches with an easy-toremember list of ingredients 2 Classic photo magazine 3 October gem

4 Green vehicle?

5 Blacksmiths’ blocks

6 Depart

7 One of 24 in a Chaucer book 8 Athlete who boasted “I’m young; I’m handsome; I’m fast; I’m pretty and can’t possibly be beat”

9 Things to keep an eye

out for on a first date 10 Disorderly expansion

11 Rival magazine of 2-Down 12 Writer Wiesel

13 Fuse, as metal

21 Birds that sound like

they’d taste bad? 23 Higher-priced

seating section

25 Tennis great Monica

26 Singer Green

27 Cowboy’s rope

28 Is a sore loser

29 Accelerated H.S. class

with a long reading list

30 All ___ Day (November 2) 31 Luge, e.g.

32 Ordinary person, informally 33 Ship’s wastewater 36 Sports-filled school event 37 Person held on a pedestal

by a small group

39 Make less sharp

40 Latvian or Lithuanian

42 Small digging tool 43 Low-priced lodging

45 Device on a duct

46 German chancellor Scholz 47 Word often said before “Cómo

estás?”

48 First pope in a line of 13 49 Set (down)

50 Actress Lena or actor Ken 51 One-named “King of Football” 52 Daredevil Knievel

55 “Xanadu” grp.