NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 It can cover all the bases

5 Rocks out?

10 Picks

14 On the safe side, at sea

15 Tom ___, consigliere in “The Godfather” 16 Choice in a slumber party game 17 Apologetic comment from a dinner guest 20 Lined up 21 Comebacks 22 Foul-smelling 24 One using a bib, maybe

25 Promising reply 26 Public house

27 ___ support 29 Organization with a strong track record? 31 Grain stores

33 Take off in a hurry 34 Neologize

37 A message from the Pentagon might be in this 38 Unimaginative 39 Smartphone, at times

41 Orange soda brand 42 Word with tie or fly 45 Crystal object featured in Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi,” the most expensive painting ever sold 46 Appendectomy

sites, in brief

48 One purchasing

cigars, maybe 50 What helps you see

the big picture? 53 Two-___ (many a

sports car) 54 Best-selling Israeli author of “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind”

56 A Swiss Army knife

has many

57 Bicker

58 Put one’s foot down 59 Extra

60 Bee lines?

61 New Year’s Eve

song word

DOWN

1 Hummus ingredient 2 Friends-and-family support group 3 Don’t forget

4 Jury members 5 Chinese takeout staple

6 Hip-hop duo ___ Sremmurd

7 Petri dish medium 8 “See?”

9 Easily attached, in a way

10 Things a bettor better know 11 Quark or lepton 12 “Uh-huh, you said it!”

13 Motion detector, e.g.

18 Penny candy morsel since 1907 19 “That could work!” 23 Splashy display 28 Go along for the ride, say

30 Letters that shouldn’t be written big for air rescue (a single V or

X is best)

32 Play a mean guitar, slangily

34 Part for a balding man? 35 “Dejection” is a famous one 36 Goes over again 37 Party

39 Get close 40 Grounds for a fight 42 Retro phone type 43 “Wuthering Heights” actress Merle ___

44 Insult

47 Real bore

49 Some bakers’ wares

51 Screen

52 It’s a long story 55 What many air conditioners do