The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Hot sauce
9 First word for many 14 Aid in hypnotism 15 Treat whose name means, literally, “flash of lightning” 16 Command from the
director’s chair
17 “But thanks for ___!” 18 Big gear retailer 19 Where all the pieces
fall into place 21 Environmentalist ___ Leopold, author of the best-selling “A Sand County Almanac” 22 Know-it-alls
24 “Am ___ brother’s
keeper?”
25 Soft hit
26 George ___, original cast member of “S.N.L.”
27 Ones who “Don’t Cry,” according to a 2008 country hit
30 City south of Luxor 33 Muslim ascetic 34 Doomed from the
start, informally 35 Inventors of the compass and movable type
37 “What’s the skinny?” 39 Mr. Sharples, owner of
a sitcom diner
40 ___ board
42 Some jungle greenery 43 Fictional place that lent its name to a classic Cadillac
45 Back
46 Hosp. figure
47 Ruler amts.
48 Burns
52 Statement often accompanied by an eye roll
53 Taken with 55 Alternative to a wrecking crew
56 D-day
58 Bit of derring-do 60 Noted figure in Raphael’s “The School of Athens”
61 Spurn on social media 62 One of the Kennedys 63 Building super’s ringful
DOWN
1 Engages in argument 2 Keep the books? 3 World power in cricket 4 Routes: Abbr.
5 One with lots to sell 6 Comedic actor John 7 Diana is the Roman
goddess of it
8 “Of thee I sing” ad
dressee
9 Hosts
10 Lye, for one
11 Like the old Sears
Roebuck catalog 12 [Jaw hits the floor] 13 Besides “Gigi,” the only Best Picture winner with a four-lettername
15 Romp
20 Assurance after an
accident
23 Last name on a shoe
box
28 Potter’s house
29 Some freshness
30 Ne plus ultra
31 Forks over 32 Temptation to steal 33 What a cat’s meow
might mean 36 Suggested, with “of” 38 Brings in
41 Famous last word of
film
44 In the records
45 1980 Peace Nobelist
___ Pérez Esquivel 49 Bit of attire for a fancy
night out
50 Foreign representative 51 Is anguished over a
decision
52 Jon who wrote and illustrated “Palindromania!” 54 Roller-skating in the
house, say
57 “Cool” amount
59 Subj. of a federal
holiday since 1986