The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Much of Iceland’s
greenery
5 “I don’t believe you” 12 Fictional device in which to convey secret information
14 Needle exchange? 15 “Calvin and Hobbes” character described as “a six-year- old who shaves” 16 Imperturbable
17 “Duck Soup,” for one 18 They may be dealt or
folded
20 “Uh-huh”
22 Green lands
23 “Doing OK for myself” 25 Georgetown athlete 27 Org. created in the wake of “Silent Spring”
28 Kind of scrum 29 Unlikely to tip
31 Rat out
33 Steamed masa dishes 37 Surname in a Virginia
Woolf title
39 Tesla, for one 40 Counsel council, in
brief
41 Pertinent
43 Letters on a pass 44 Imitation
46 Like a dewlap
47 Fix 48 Vibes
50 Time constant symbol 51 Spanish term of
endearment 52 Attempt to play peace
maker
54 Scooched over
57 Robe for a sumo wres
tler
58 Wrap order?
59 Fretted
60 Common bake- off
challenge
61 Additive once extract
ed from kelp
DOWN
1 Expression ending
with a rising voice 2 Low dice roll
3 Halter?
4 “Same”
5 Play mind games with 6 Costa, to a botanist 7 Chancellor Scholz of
Germany
8 Easily bought
9 Course option 10 Contracting sheet 11 ___ Teng, singer dubbed “Asia’s eternal queen of pop”
12 Very best
13 It’s booked before
getting caught
14 “Not a chance”
15 Incapacitate
19 Sparkling alternative 21 Rule to take exception
to
24 “The Jungle Book”
character
26 Allow
29 Answer rudely 30 Traditional filling for momo (Nepalese dumplings)
32 Takes responsibility
for
34 Many a Pablo Neruda
work
35 Word shortcuts 36 Leaches
37 Reversible patterned
fabrics
38 Something to medi
tate on?
42 Animal that climbs cactuses to eat their flowers
45 Word often seen in
comic book lettering 47 “Hairspray” co- com
poser Shaiman
49 Kind of wave
51 Bother
53 Green light
55 Inits. for East Germany 56 Ryan of “You’ve Got
Mail”