The New York Times

No. 0423

ACROSS

1 Jazz’s James 5 Means of applying lip gloss 9 Unlikely to make the first move 12 Navy ___

13 In the neighborhood of 15 Tapered piece of sports equipment 16 Acclaimed TV show concerning a science teacher-turned-drug dealer

19 “!!!! ”

20 Having a tart, citrusy flavor 21 Mexican tequila brand, familiarly 23 Word before Street or oil 24 Financially behind 26 Hang around 27 Mimi’s “me” 28 Collection by Horace

29 Tick off 30 Laundry loads 32 ___ There Dump That (garbage service franchise)

33 Brought into existence 36 Staple of Disney live-action remakes, briefly 39 “I goofed”

40 St. ___ (district in London)

42 Java setting 45 Fútbol stadium cry 46 Knock down a peg or two 47 Amigo

49 Cute mistake 50 Mild Swiss cheese 51 Spell check? 52 Org. in the 2019 Tony-winning play “The Ferryman” 53 Changes made to the answers to 16-, 24-, 33and 47-Across, whether interpreted as one word or two? 57 Final figure 58 Neighbor of Uttar Pradesh 59 Emmy- and Tonynominated actress Mireille

60 “___ whiz!”

61 Source of the Tigris and Euphrates, per Genesis

62 In stitches

DOWN

1 Abatement 2 “Madam Secretary” star 3 Gesture from a coach not to swing at the next pitch

4 Give life to 5 “Parsifal” composer 6 Dear one? 7 Winter Olympics powerhouse: Abbr.

8 Props, say

9 Was able to acquire, informally 10 Military transport 11 “Holy cannoli!” 14 Touchy?

17 What the ruthless show

18 “Well, obviously!” 22 Mythical matchmaker 23 Chunk of concrete 24 Got in the way of 25 Hardly a rosy picture 31 Barely best 34 Scrubbed 35 Account 36 “Crisis averted!”

37 Question after an explanation 38 Positive response to 37-Down 39 Google ___ 41 Hints at 42 Playing field? 43 Swanky affair 44 Scrambling words 46 Address part 48 ___ guitar 51 Joint problem 54 Daniels who directed “The Butler”

55 What it takes years and years to grow 56 Target for an ID thief