The New York Times Crossword
Answers below
ACROSS
1 The works of many conductors
9 Written remembrance, for short
13 Advocate for a 61-Across, informally 14 ___ chip
16 Bump or spike
17 Bishop, e.g.
19 Canoodle
20 Home theater installation
22 Arpad ___, creator of an eponymous chess rating system
23 Mill fodder
25 First syllable of a rhyming film genre
26 Of all the noises known to man, it is the most expensive, per an old quip
28 Feng shui energy 30 Gluttonous sort
32 More than great 33 Challenge for some funny video compilations
36 “That’s just how it is!” 37 Refrain from going on road trips?
38 Shade akin to peridot 39 ___ Lingus
40 The “dark” part of a Dark Ôn’ Stormy
41 Takes in the paper 43 Tune often in 2/4 time
45 Is not so important, comparatively speaking 49 Bar or bell follower 50 Social media post labeled “Sponsored,” e.g.
53 Shortening that omits “gram”
54 One side of the Bering Sea
56 “Sign me up!”
58 Teed off
59 2019 #1 hit by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello
60 One may be stolen or planted
61 Member of an “international brotherhood”
DOWN
1 Task for a conductor 2 ___ circle
3 Nina of fashion 4 Spiraled
5 French article
6 Things that may be traditional, for short 7 Covid-era purchases 8 One who has ways of making you talk ... 9 Never again
10 “The Jungle Book” character
11 Cold, hard stuff
12 What might turn you red on a green
15 Offshore fixtures 18 Luxury brand ... or a non-luxury option 21 Revolting sort
24 Herb with a creeping variety
27 Mediators and honest brokers
29 Shortening that omits “gram”
31 Many an entry-level position
33 Where you might run into some real characters?
34 They who shall not be named
35 Simple bucket
36 Capital on the Mediterranean
37 Greeting that contains another greeting backward
42 Benefits
44 Open call, in modeling lingo
46 OK
47 Thrill
48 Naval acronym
51 Pops
52 Food that contains another food item backward
55 “___ Vermont” (winter tourist slogan)
57 First syllable of a rhyming film genre