The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
NO. 0829 10/3/20
ACROSS
1 No credit, say 9 Cause of a public embarrassment, maybe 15 “Please, go ahead”
16 Blitz
17 Flop
18 What fools do,
they say
19 Bank job of a sort 20 Things kept on
racks 22 Spreadsheet
entries: Abbr. 23 Walks slowly and
steadily
25 Stuff
26 Wall Street woe 30 Alternative to a Yodel or a Swiss Roll
31 Fool
32 Pacific Northwest
native 34 Picketer’s
holding
37 Joan who wrote “The Year of Magical Thinking” 38 Outburst from
Sneezy
39 Like ziggurats 41 This will help
ease the pain 42 “___ All That”
(1999 rom-com) 43 Haydée, to the Count of Monte Cristo, par exemple 45 Cockamamie 46 Very bright, but not in a good way
47 New Age author Deepak ___ 49 Two for dinner? 50 First in a
series
51 Close one
55 2015 film from
Marvel Studios 57 Affecting people at large
60 Where Marie Curie was born 61 Bit of misdirection from an athlete 62 Clearly working
out
63 Generic
rivalry
DOWN
1 ___ State (school with 23 campuses) 2 Way out there 3 Diagnosis from an ophthalmologist 4 Great deal 5 Expression of doubt
6 Day when the ball drops: Abbr.
7 Ship’s record 8 Trading card franchise that’s an alternative to Pokémon 9 Like good computer screens, for short 10 Weight
11 Array in a
security office 12 Muppets song with nonsense lyrics 13 Impossible to screw up
14 Fill with fragrance, in a way
21 Music genre for
Psy and BTS 24 Côtes du ___
(wine appellation) 25 Released for
attack 26 Features of some
11-Down 27 “Here comes a
fight!”
28 Extra work
29 Bid at the last second 31 Political satirist who said “If you were the only person left on the planet, I would have to attack you. That’s my job”
33 Accident report? 35 Mantle, e.g. 36 Fool
40 Author whose name is one letter off from 31-Down
41 Acts cautiously
(around)
44 Kind of pork 46 Bounds
47 ___ Williams, player of Shirley on “Laverne & Shirley” 48 They’re not
basic
50 Huff and puff 52 Weight
53 Home to part of the Wasatch Mountains
54 “___ me!” 56 Barnyard sound 58 Eastern Central
Div. player 59 Apollo craft, for
short