The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Body part whose name comes from the Latin for “little mouse” 7 Wise 11 Sponsored posts, essentially 14 Symbol tattooed on Popeye’s forearm 15 Fairy tale villain 16 Gossip fodder, slangily

17 Avoids, with “of” 19 Sardonic

20 Like forks 21 Places for

congregations 22 With 9-Down,

goose liver 23 Knock down,

in Britain

24 A white one might be excused

25 Steels (oneself) 26 Father

27 Good time on

Wall Street 29 Mysteries 31 Letter

sign-off 32 Ancient Greek gathering places

33 Hot spot

37 Utah ski area 39 The Father of

Modern Physics 40 Open audition,

informally

44 Bird in “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”

45 First astrological sign 46 Biochemical messenger 47 Academic musts, for short 48 All-out sprint 49 Lecture series focused on “ideas worth spreading” 50 Sharp 52 Partner of neither 53 2021 in the Chinese zodiac, with a hint to 17-, 27- and 40-Across 55 Styled after 56 Push 57 Senator Feinstein 58 Faux ___ 59 Traditional Thanksgiving desserts 60 Went bad

DOWN

1 Naval post 2 Like the Energizer Bunny 3 Imagined development 4 Pizzeria tool 5 Singer with the 2017 #1 album “Melodrama” 6 Nervous speech fillers 7 Cirque du ___ 8 Not look bad after all this time 9 See 22-Across 10 Suffix with racket and rocket

11 In action 12 Ridicule

13 Speak, old-style 18 Mediocre grade 22 Noted evening radio address 25 Rapper in court 26 Wine-dark ___, metaphor in Homer’s “Odyssey” 27 Wallop

28 Most frequent, statistically 30 Crowded places on Black Friday 34 Well-spoken 35 Energy source in Minecraft

36 As well 38 Measure of land 39 British pharma giant, informally 40 Quick snooze 41 Colored part of the iris 42 Jeweled bands 43 Chef José ___, founder of World Central Kitchen 47 Ten to one, for one 49 Actress Hatcher 51 Marked, as a ballot 53 “That’s right!” 54 Prez who delivered some 22-Downs