The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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ACROSS

It can cover all the bases 5 Rocks out? 10 Picks

14 On the safe side, at sea Tom ___, consigliere in “The Godfather” Choice in a slumber party game Apologetic comment from a dinner guest 20 Lined up 21 Comebacks 22 Foul-smelling 24 One using a bib,

maybe 25 Promising

reply

26 Public house 27 ___ support 29 Organization with a strong track record? Grain stores Take off in a hurry Neologize A message from the Pentagon might be in this Unimaginative Smartphone, at times Orange soda brand

Word with tie or fly Crystal object featured in

Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi,” the most expensive painting ever sold 46 Appendectomy

sites, in brief 48 One purchasing

cigars, maybe 50 What helps you see the big picture? 53 Two-___ (many a

sports car) 54 Best-selling Israeli author of “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” 56 A Swiss Army

knife has many 57 Bicker

58 Put one’s foot

down

59 Extra

60 Bee lines? 61 New Year’s Eve

song word

DOWN

1 Hummus

ingredient 2 Friends-andfamily support group

3 Don’t forget 4 Jury members 5 Chinese takeout

staple

6 Hip-hop duo ___

Sremmurd 7 Petri dish

medium 8 “See?”

9 Easily attached,

in a way 10 Things a bettor

better know 11 Quark or lepton 12 “Uh-huh, you

said it!” 13 Motion detector,

e.g. 18 Penny candy morsel since 1907

19 “That could

work!” 23 Splashy display 28 Go along for the

ride, say 30 Letters that shouldn’t be written big for air rescue (a single V or X is best)

32 Play a mean

guitar, slangily 34 Part for a

balding man? 35 “Dejection” is a

famous one 36 Goes over again 37 Party

39 Get close 40 Grounds for a

fight

42 Retro phone

type 43 “Wuthering Heights” actress Merle ___ 44 Insult

47 Real bore 49 Some bakers’

wares

51 Screen

52 It’s a long

story

55 What many air

conditioners do