The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

NO. 1112 12/17/21

ACROSS

1 San Francisco or

Fire Island

9 Lift one’s spirits? 15 Brutish boss 16 Unnatural 17 Orthodontist’s

recommendation 18 Lengthy Twitter

post, often

19 Not take for

granted

20 Units equivalent

to 1/6 of an inch 22 Hosp. diagnostic 23 Throw or shoot 25 Imitation 26 Primed (for) 30 Serving with

shawarma 31 Shrimp in a shell,

maybe 32 Interminably 34 Tusked beast 37 Movie series set inside a simulated reality, with “The” 38 Home to Mayan ruins like Caracol and Lamanai 39 Many a bill’s name in Congress

41 Spare clothes? 42 Young stud 43 Troubadour 45 Actress Amanda 46 Cherry-pick 47 Subscripts on

Scrabble tiles 49 C, for one 50 International

cricket matches 51 Neat and clean 56 Heartburn

reliever 58 Focus of the 2009 Lilly Ledbetter act 60 Dot-com whose name is styled with an asterisk 61 Prepare on short

notice

62 Greek locale once described as “the island of overmastering passions” 63 Hunter of fish

DOWN

1 Hiker’s

handful

2 Swear 3 “Monsters, Inc.” character who loves snow cones

4 Jason with the 2008 hit “I’m Yours” 5 Architect

Saarinen

6 Fan gathering,

informally 7 Entered

quietly 8 Purposeless 9 “Imagine a case in which ...”

10 Soft shoes,

informally

11 Zero reaction? 12 Hotel hummer 13 Covering for a

cold one

14 Bauer of leisure

apparel

21 Arcade game

feature 24 Miniaturist’s

supply 25 Accompanier of

a black eye 26 2018 film for which Alfonso Cuarón won Best Director 27 Off the mark 28 Copper

containers? 29 Commit to a

course

31 Long way to go 33 By ___ of (due to) 35 Countenance 36 Heroic exploit 40 Ones who’ll manage somehow? 41 Succinct, if

nothing else 44 Changes 46 Leviticus calls it “unclean” and not fit for consumption 47 Puzzles

48 Be found not guilty, shockingly 50 Rumpus

52 Civil rights

activist Baker 53 Video file

format

54 Name of six popes, including one in the 20th century

55 Info described on

a Tinder profile 57 Where to fill a flask with alcohol

59 2026 FIFA World

Cup co-host