The New York Times Crossword
Answers below
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1 What’s on the up and up?
7 A little smoke?
10 Economy-based calculation, for short
13 College assignment
14 Classic symbol of purity and grace
16 Take an unplanned trip
17 Transmitter of audio programmes
18 Lets loose
19 Test drives
20 Endnote abbr. meaning “same as before”
21 Cries of shear terror?
22 Sir Georg who conducted 999 Chicago Symphony concerts
23 Aid in focusing
24 Economize
26 Off
27 “Whatevs”
28 Halley’s comet, to some
29 ___ steak, dish lightly seared on the outside and raw in the middle
31 What it’s not, in a saying
36 Keep one’s beginning goals modest
37 Issa who created “Awkward Black Girl”
38 Bring in
39 Licenses, perhaps
41 Victor’s crow
44 King Lear’s middle daughter
46 Cannabis with a high level of THC
47 Major street in New York City or New Orleans
49 Literary character whose name translates to “no one”
50 One way to wonder
51 Highlighters, of sorts
53 Gently apply, as concealer
54 Pass on a wing and a prayer
55 Many cross words?
56 Like zombies and some loves
57 They’re not only human
58 Org. that checks what you don’t
59 Fiddle (with)
60 Feeds
DOWN
1 Movie that’s not expected to be a blockbuster
2 Pucker precipitators at a pub
3 Arrive with great hype
4 Roots
5 Common Scandinavian man’s name
6 Ball holder
7 Angular movement?
8 The emperor Túpac Amaru, for one
9 Ones running the world, per Beyoncé
10 Lunar ___
11 Evidence in a criminal case, maybe
12 Greek word for “knowledge”
15 Panthers’ home
17 What it’s not, in a saying
19 Develop feelings for
21 Internal lie detector, so to speak
25 Compatriot
28 Vegetable that’s baked, fried or roasted
30 Cannabis product sometimes found in granola
32 In an intimate way, in a way
33 Third-grade groups?
34 Storm on the horizon, maybe
35 Certain clubhouse
40 It may leave you speechless
41 Fixture on a frozen lake
42 Actor Damon Sr. or Damon Jr.
43 People of the Iroquois Confederacy
45 It can be radiant or magnetic
46 Korean model hitting the scene in 1999
48 Cap, but not a hat
52 Prefix with second
53 It’s a plan
55 Venue for many TV reruns