The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Carne ___ taco
6 Ski mountain trans
port
10 Hairdo
14 Substance used by
gymnasts and cellists 15 Major or Minor in
astronomy?
16 Cry just before the guest of honor arrives at a surprise party 17 Staged, as a disap
pearance
18 The country music
industry
20 The lobbying industry 22 So far
23 Blog message
24 Like facts, but not
fiction
26 The high-tech industry 31 Valuable violin, infor
mally
32 Leave out
33 Japanese honorific 35 Ja’s opposite 36 Banksy’s “Girl With
Balloon,” e.g.
38 Low- ranking NCOS
39 Office linkup letters 40 Vegan protein source
41 Think “OMG! OMG!” 42 The advertising indus
try
46 Makes a choice 47 Ancient Roman statesman known as “the Censor” 48 Rocky outcrops
51 The automotive indus
try
54 The film industry
57 More bizarre 59 Actress Fanning 60 Carmaker with a four
ring logo
61 Conceal
62 National symbol
63 Put on display, with
“out”
64 Friend of Forman and Fez on “That ’70s Show”
DOWN
1 Sound from a little
dog
2 Marinate, e.g.
3 Shows curiosity 4 Nutritionist’s offering 5 Smartphone operating system with the biggest market share 6 Find on the radio dial 7 Sitter’s handful
8 Ninny
9 Encouraging word 10 Sculptor’s tool
11 Like canned sardines
and olives, typically 12 Just twiddling one’s
thumbs
13 Three in a yard
19 Strongroom 21 “Emergency” key
board key 24 Rating for (non-kid
shows
25 Train travel
26 Use a rice cooker, e.g. 27 Olympic figure skater
Slutskaya
28 Like some tights and
baseball games 29 College sports channel 30 New Haven Ivy Leagu
er
31 NBC weekend (skit
show, for short 34 Situation Room grp. 36 Not quite all
37 Alien transports 38 Make out
40 A bit lit
41 Gag gift in a ventilated
box
43 Fairway challenge 44 Scored 100 on an
exam
45 Brewery fixture 48 Sous-___
49 Get moving, casually 50 Spaghetti ___ car
bonara 51 Chowderhead 52 “White Wedding”
singer Billy
53 Oolong and Darjeeling 55 Angkor ___ (Cambodi
an temple)
56 Fox drama “___ Kind
of People”
58 Onetime movie studio
rival of MGM