The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

JOE DEENEY

ACROSS

1 “Out!”

6 Area of a room,

e.g.

10 Characters in the

“Iliad”?

15 2010 biodrama costarring 18-Across 18 See 15-Across 19 Frustrated and betting emotionally, in poker lingo 20 Skaggs of

bluegrass fame 21 Trailblazing astronaut Jemison

22 Make, with “out” 23 Some daring

ascents 25 1970s-‘80s TV character to whom the phrase “jumped the shark” originally referred

26 Barrett who co-founded Pink Floyd

27 Floats

29 No good at all 30 Deems proper 32 Greek peak 33 Cousin of

“Skol!” 35 Inspiration for van

Gogh

37 Upset

38 Big source for entertainment news

41 Glowing signs 42 Ran over

43 Not over the Internet, to a texter 46 Cardboard

recycling unit 47 Get slick, in a

way

49 “I never knew!” 50 Existential

question 51 Moriarty who wrote “Nine Perfect Strangers” 54 Match points? 56 1995 alternative rock album by 59-Across that is one of the bestselling albums of all time

59 See 56-Across 60 Where orders

come from 61 Actress Taylor-Joy of “The Queen’s Gambit” 62 “Peace”

DOWN

1 The Hawks of the

N.C.A.A., familiarly 2 Alternative to smooth, at the grocery

3 Back from

vacation, say 4 Sweet Italian

bubbly

5 Does drudgery,

old-style

6 Go for a lap? 7 Form couples 8 Active volcano near Peru’s dormant Pichu Pichu

9 “Squawk on the

Street” airer 10 “Just doing my

job”

11 One that gives a

hoot

12 Burns poem that opens “Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim’rous beastie” 13 Home of the only active diamond mine in the U.S. 14 Morally repulsive,

in slang

16 Tallest freestanding structure in the Western Hemisphere 17 Startled cry 24 Misses 25 Choreographer

Bob

28 “___ Nacht”

(Christmas carol) 29 Cut next to the

ribs

30 River spanned by the Pont Alexandre III 31 Slippery

swimmers 33 Genesee Brewery

offering

34 Ruffian

36 Lighting of the Olympic flame, and others 39 That’s what you

think!

40 “It was worth a

shot”

41 Classic arcade game in which players can be “on fire”

43 Set on fire 44 Industry with lots

to offer

45 ___ Newman, author of “Heather Has Two Mommies”

48 Ink, so to speak 51 Gifts at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport

52 Fingers

53 ___ mater 55 Sports sticker? 57 Serengeti grazer 58 Aunt, in Arequipa