NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Directive for the board
10 No big shot 13 Popular pubs for college grads 15 Finger-point? 16 Footwear with a sturdy toe 17 Something about you
18 “Suitable for all ages” rating 19 Non-beef steak option
20 Pass quickly 22 Spots
24 Young point of one’s life
27 Some damning legal evidence 30 Enter gradually 33 With 53-Down, article of closefitting attire
34 State that many are in when they visit a national park 35 Chairs, for instance 37 Condition treated in speech therapy 40 Neighbor of the patellar tendon, in brief
41 ___ gun (sci-fi weapon)
43 Gives a rude awakening
44 “Until next time!” 48 Fatal attraction? 49 “Need a ___?” 53 Octave follower in a Petrarchan sonnet
54 Many a prof 56 “Springtime With ___” (2004 Disney adaptation) 57 Quaint word whose syllables rhyme with consecutive numbers
58 Staying vigilant 62 Logo, often
63 Sign to turn back 64 Top ___ 65 Something wonderful, with “the”
DOWN
1 Flits
2 Fruit popular in salads, but not fruit salads
3 Light encouragement 4 “Just stop talking!” 5 Home to Sicily’s Castello di Lombardia 6 “Ni-i-ice!” 7 Alternative to Lunesta or Quviviq
8 “Saint”
elsewhere 9 Self-care essential? 10 It’s played with a
few strings
11 Art of cutting
cards?
12 Move left … right
… left … right … 14 Ones spreading the gospel through rap music or graffiti
15 Big export of Ecuador and Nigeria
21 Story line
23 Went quickly 25 Start of many
colonial titles 26 Actress de Matteo
of “The Sopranos” 28 Go quickly 29 Mares, e.g. 30 Valley where David
fought Goliath 31 Characteristic of a wild time or a coming decline 32 Onetime capital of the sovereign Republic of Texas 36 Santa’s coat? 38 Sugar substitute? 39 Novelist Jean
42 “O fairest beauty, do not fear ___ fly!”: “Henry VI, Part I” 45 Shirley of
“Goldfinger” 46 Had a date,
maybe
47 Pal of Scooby-doo 50 Dunne of classic screwball comedies
51 Might
52 “Yeah, def”
53 See 33-Across 55 Like some humor
and chocolate 59 Noggin 60 Three-way
intersection 61 Company
connection inits.