NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “Shoot!”

11 It’s turned down at a hotel

14 Living under a rock, say

15 Language that Minecraft was written in

16 How hors d’oeuvres are served 17 Squeezed (out) 18 1996 horror classic originally titled “Scary Movie” 19 Major upsets, e.g. 21 “Yikes!”

22 Only chemical element whose name fits this answer’s length 24 Bell of the synthpop duo Erasure 25 Cone head? 26 Die-hard enthusiasts, and then some 29 Moisten, in a way 33 Eco-centric college class, informally? 35 At some previous point

36 Produced, as digital currency 37 Wild-tasting

38 He’s a mensch 40 J. M. Barrie boatswain 41 Something people trip on, informally

42 Half of a classic Hanna-barbera cartoon duo 44 ___ Aarnio, interior designer who created the bubble chair

45 Refuse to settle, say 46 A-line line

49 Early flat screen 53 Capital in Lewis and Clark County 55 “I thought of a joke about ___, but it’s too corny” (groaner)

56 Here, to locals 58 Urge

59 Chores, typically 60 Word on either side of “vs.”

61 Some sleeveless frocks

DOWN

1 Kids’ game cry 2 Unit of measure that has a shared etymology with “inch”

3 Striking

4 Word at the center of Rhode Island’s flag

5 They’re just above C’s

6 If not more

7 Go green, perhaps? 8 “Shoot!”

9 Founder of the label Rhyme Syndicate Records 10 See-___

11 Bit of casino restaurant fare? 12 “Ugh, this always happens to me!” 13 Longtime A&W

competitor

15 He hosted the first “Jeopardy!” in the post-trebek era 20 Squat

23 Policy at some bars and eating establishments 26 People of Unalaska 27 Start of some juicy

gossip 28 Ophthalmologists

call it a hordeolum 29 What might

surround a trunk 30 Having been

informed

31 Drive off

32 Bill Clinton played one on “The Arsenio Hall Show” in 1992 34 Namibia neighbor:

Abbr.

39 Downfall 43 Human-shaped

board game piece 46 ___ journey (literary

archetype) 47 Parisian preposition 48 Guy Fawkes Night

accessories

49 Many posts,

informally

50 Things of use to

note takers? 51 Miami school,

casually

52 John who was a pioneer in set theory

54 Code components 57 Cookie Monster’s

real name