The New York Times
No. 1213
ACROSS
1 Event for which participants may take the floor 6 Pestered persistently 10 Hindu love god 14 Grand Prix site 15 Boost at the gym 17 Bugs 18 Actress whose full name can be made from the letters of DO RE MI 19 Alternative to white
20 ___ Jahan, leader who commissioned the Taj Mahal
22 This might be a bust
23 Part of a dash 26 Hoots 27 Treatment that reduces wrinkles 29 Boomsticks? 31 Largest steel producer in the U.S.
34 Kind of football played indoors 35 Greek “Mother of the Gods” 36 Inedible kind of orange
37 Look after 38 Hardly try anymore
39 Column in a baseball box score 40 Sportscaster Jim 41 50 Cent’s “___ Control” 42 Johnson’s predecessor as British P.M. 43 Some ranch cattle 45 “X-Men” film spinoff starring Hugh Jackman 47 Congressional campaign 51 University near the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains 53 “Whip It” band 54 1/2 vis-à-vis 1/3, say
55 In direct competition 57 Home of the South by Southwest festival
59 Big canned soup brand 60 Irritates, with “on” 61 Tricks 62 Critic’s award 63 Best Play and others
DOWN
1 “Crime and Punishment” heroine 2 Private
3 This is the way 4 Hostile look 5 Snacks 6 Nervous witnesses in mystery novels, often 7 “Blastoff!” preceder 8 Left side, informally 9 Country with hundreds of islands in the Red Sea 10 Former world capital whose name means “capital city” 11 “Ah, yes, I’d been meaning to tell you …”
12 Total mess 13 What “r” might signify 14 Singer Anthony 16 Online service introduced in 2004 21 Frequent subject of headlines in The Onion 24 Difficult journeys 25 “Let me in!” 28 Site for some celebratory dances
30 Bye line? 31 Nothing special, with “the” 32 Nothing special, with “the”
33 “Really, now? Really!?” 35 Electrify 38 Features on topographic maps 40 Walk-ons, often 43 Kendrick of rap 44 Absolutely destroy 46 Pirates’ potables 48 1970s first lady 49 Elite eight 50 Homes in the woods
52 Early illustrator of Uncle Sam
55 No. that’s converted for electric cars 56 Org. that shares its HQ with Cyber Command 58 Drain