The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 The works of many
conductors
9 Written remembrance,
for short
13 Advocate for a 61-Across,
informally
14 ___ chip
16 Bump or spike
17 Bishop, e.g.
19 Canoodle
20 Home theater installation 22 Arpad ___, creator of an eponymous chess rating system
23 Mill fodder
25 First syllable of a
rhyming film genre
26 Of all the noises known to man, it is the most expensive, per an old quip
28 Feng shui energy 30 Gluttonous sort
32 More than great
33 Challenge for some funny
video compilations
36 “That’s just how it is!” 37 Refrain from going
on road trips?
38 Shade akin to peridot
39 ___ Lingus
40 The “dark” part of
a Dark ‘n’ Stormy
41 Takes in the paper
43 Tune often in 2/4 time
45 Is not so important,
comparatively speaking 49 Bar or bell follower
50 Social media post labeled
“Sponsored,” e.g. 53 Shortening that omits “gram” 54 One side of the Bering Sea 56 “Sign me up!”
58 Teed off
59 2019 #1 hit by Shawn
Mendes and Camila Cabello 60 One may be stolen or planted 61 Member of an “international
brotherhood”
DOWN
1 Task for a conductor
2 ___ circle
3 Nina of fashion
4 Spiraled
5 French article
6 Things that may be
traditional, for short 7 Covid-era purchases
8 One who has ways
of making you talk ... 9 Never again
10 “The Jungle Book” character 11 Cold, hard stuff
12 What might turn you
red on a green
15 Offshore fixtures
18 Luxury brand ... or
a non-luxury option 21 Revolting sort
24 Herb with a creeping variety 27 Mediators and
honest brokers
29 Shortening that omits “gram” 31 Many an entry-level position 33 Where you might run into
some real characters? 34 They who shall not be named 35 Simple bucket
36 Capital on the Mediterranean 37 Greeting that contains
another greeting backward 42 Benefits
44 Open call, in modeling lingo 46 OK
47 Thrill
48 Naval acronym
51 Pops
52 Food that contains another
food item backward
55 “___ Vermont”
(winter tourist slogan)
57 First syllable of a
rhyming film genre