The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Part of some Italian
church names
5 Rights advocacy org.
9 “The food of love,”
per Shakespeare
14 Territory reached along
the Oregon Trail
15 Pirate’s swill
16 Feeling the need to pace, say 17 Actress who portrayed Scarlett O’Hara and Blanche DuBois
19 Spring zodiac symbol 20 Cocktails with brandy
and crème de menthe
21 Ape
22 Doomed to fail, for short 23 Co-Nobelist of 1978 24 Awards that only one college
athlete has ever won twice 29 Some stock in the
exotic pet trade
31 Cow, often
32 Japan’s ___ Castle
33 K-O connector
34 Ones getting the last word in 36 Spot for a hymnbook 37 Country west of Zambia:
Abbr.
38 Katey who played
TV’s Peg Bundy
39 Something that a ram and
a Ram have in common 40 Atkins, for one
44 Tackle box assortment
45 The “O” of 18-Down
46 Said nasty things about 48 “We appreciate
the contribution”
53 Shouts of accomplishment
54 Complete reversals 55 Church chorus?
56 Really cool, in dated slang 57 Black-and-white danger 58 “Ol’ Man River” singer,
traditionally
59 Jeremiad
60 Take a ___
DOWN
1 Expeditions, e.g.
2 Coming to blows, say 3 Indigenous race in
the “Avatar” movies
4 What Columbus thought
he’d reached in 1492 5 Radiant
6 Old-fashioned news source 7 Records
8 “Gross!”
9 Charger dodgers
10 Open on Christmas, say 11 What a provocateur
aims to do
12 “Money ___ object” 13 Concern for a dermatologist 18 World Vision and
others, for short
21 Utensil for peeling
23 Ratfink
24 Soars near the shore, maybe 25 Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short, in a 1986 comedy
26 Away from
27 Source of down 28 Scattered, as seed 29 Uninspiring
30 Prefix with directional
34 Hot shot?
35 Challenged
39 Cheery refrains from
the Seven Dwarfs 41 Big-game hunting targets in the classic short story “The Most Dangerous Game” 42 Most prying
43 Aerodynamic resistance 46 Take a ___
47 Holy title in Tibet
48 Early Quechua speaker 49 What “T” stands for in video
game ratings
50 Peut-___ (French “maybe”) 51 High-end camera brand 52 Stressor for some
H.S. sophomores
54 Dip stick?