The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ROSS TRUDEAU ACROSS

1 Locale for part of Dinosaur National Monument

5 ___ Geo 8 Birthplace of the 44th U.S. president 14 Singer Simone 15 Comment from a

klutz

16 Changes to

survive

17 ___ State (Big Ten

school) 18 Nietzschean ideal 20 Document for

returned goods 22 “I’m such a bozo!” 23 Fortune 100 company with a heart in its logo 24 Site with selfies,

familiarly 26 Produce, as an

egg

27 Tree under which Siddhartha attained enlightenment 28 Feeling at Victoria

Falls, say

31 Scent of an

animal

33 Harden

34 “No worries” 36 Trait of a babe in

the woods 38 Noted literary

sisters

39 Like many Bluetooth headsets 40 Spanish for

“Listen!” 41 Second 42 Director Craven 43 Buffalo ice hockey

pro

45 It sees right through you, in brief 46 “The Handmaid’s

Tale” author 47 One who whistles

while working? 48 Six-footer Down

Under

50 Ice cream brand whose first storefront was in Brooklyn Heights 55 Activity at singles

bars

57 Popular cake

topping ingredient 58 Diacritical mark resembling a dieresis, both of which are represented in this puzzle 59 Celebration six

days after Xmas 60 Bit of smoke 61 Tributes containing insults

62 Ending with rip or

whip

63 Results in

DOWN

1 Not acceptable, in

a way 2 Mezzanine, e.g. 3 Youngest of the

38-Across 4 Whittle, e.g. 5 Inning-beginning

stat

6 Some messages on old radios, for short

7 Poet who wrote “Do I dare / Disturb the universe?”

8 One of the “Five Colleges” of Massachusetts 9 End of a block? 10 Comedian Sykes 11 Lhasa ___

12 Ski suit wearer’s

annoyance 13 “Kinda sorta” 19 Uneaten part 21 Brown, for one 25 ___ Puente, a.k.a.

El Rey del Timbal 26 Sarges report to

them

27 Where one might

sit for a spell? 28 When Macbeth

slays Duncan 29 Serenaded,

maybe

30 Instead

31 Kind of globe 32 It’s framed 33 Beachcombers’

headwear 35 Inhale

37 90°

38 “Peace” 40 Confers holy

orders on 44 Greet with

derision

45 All U.S. vice presidents until 2021

46 Vibes

47 Affirm again, as

vows

48 TV character originally called “Baby Monster” 49 Kunis of “Black

Swan”

51 “Saturn Devouring His Son” artist 52 German opera

highlight 53 Relish

54 Soaks (up)

55 Lab coat

56 Ruler with a famed golden mask, informally