The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Where holsters

go

5 Torso muscles,

briefly

9 Turn into

a pretzel

14 ___ palm (tree with a healthful berry)

15 Automobile rod 16 Italian scooter

brand

17 Thrifty or Budget

offering

19 Keep occupied,

as a phone line 20 Meal option #1 22 007, for one

23 “___ of a gun!” 24 Cheer made with

a pompom

25 Moo goo gai

pan pan

26 Brit’s teapot

cover

28 Consume

31 Meal option #2 35 Broadcasts

36 Hawaiian

garland

37 Overdue

38 Meal option #3 43 Pig’s home

44 Where hay is stored in a barn

45 Path that wheels

keep following 46 French for “him” 47 Completely finishing this crossword, to you

48 Residue of

burning

51 Weekly occurrence when 20-, 31and 38-Across might be consumed 56 Dance to some Johann Strauss music

57 Path for cyclists 58 Fit to be tied

59 La ___ Tar Pits 60 Blueprint

61 Things producing red hair or blue eyes

62 Stitched

63 Sicilian

volcano

DOWN

1 In ___ way

2 Freeze over, as

airplane wings 3 Colorful flower also known as heartsease 4 ___ Lord (Jedi’s

foe)

5 Big oaf

6 One no longer

in the pen

7 Raw bar offering 8 Belgrade native 9 Some light

foldable tables 10 Put on the scale 11 “Understood”

12 Cowboy boot

attachment

13 Faucet

18 Illegal burning 21 ___ Major

(Great Bear)

25 The Dairy State:

Abbr.

26 Peek at someone

else’s paper, e.g. 27 Actress Lena of 42 “Mankind’s

“Chocolat” greatest

28 Alike, in Paris blessing,” per

29 ___-Defamation Mark Twain

League 46 Espresso

30 ___ kwon do drink

(martial art) 47 Like an off-center 31 Sediment tie

32 Say grace, e.g. 48 XXX

33 First symbol on a 49 The Devil

musical staff 50 “Laughing”

34 Landed animal

35 Torso muscles, 51 Mother horse

briefly 52 Flair

39 They’re all 53 Recedes,

thumbs as the tide

40 Directive in a 54 Father

pasta recipe horse

41 Like the 55 “Negatory” peninsula seized 56 Dome by Russia in 2014 topper