Crossword Edited by Will Shortz
No. 0227
ACROSS
Hoopster’s 1 mantra Two-time FIFA 11 Women’s World Player of the Year (2001, 2002)
“My point is …” 15 Like castaways, 16 before being cast away
Set for the 17 afternoon? Clinches 18 A couple of 19 dollars? Material whose 20 name is a Scandinavian country in French
Moves like a 21 butterfly Countenance 22 Stingray 24 feature, once Pioneer in 25 35mm cameras
School softball? 26 Singer Braxton, 28 sister of Toni
Its birthstone is 30 peridot: Abbr. “Let’s get ___!” 31 (party cry) Individually 33 In the cloud, 35 say
Title character 38 in a “Sgt. Pepper” song Night light 39
Wiz Khalifa’s 41 “We ___ Boyz” Ron who played 42 Tarzan on old
TV
Moving 43
Some didy 45 changers
Fare from some 49 bars
Smart ___ 51
“Au revoir!” 53 Letter to the 54 editor, often
Atomic clock 55 timekeeper Prefix with 57 binary
Kind of bowl 58 ordered at a juice bar Opposite of 59 cheap eats Actress/ 61 YouTube star ___ Condor Whole 62
“East of Eden” 63 twin
#1 on a list, 64 maybe
DOWN
“Buzz off!” 1 Renato’s wife 2 in Verdi’s
“Un Ballo in Maschera” Some 3 deals from dealerships
“___
4 Mañanitas” (Mexican birthday song) Woman’s name 5 that’s also a plural suffix Work it, on the 6 runway Four-time 7 Grammy winner Lyle
George Sand 8 title heroine [I’m such an 9 idiot!]
Inspect 10
Selassie of 11 Ethiopia
What this is an 12 example of: \_(^.^)_/ Trope seen in 13 rom-coms
Rub the right 14 way?
Switched (on) 21 Alternative to 23 polyester
Home for a 27 drone
Jokester 29
Props of sorts 32 Target 34
Vehicle 35 equipped with photovoltaic cells
Schroeder 36 plays one, in the comics
Dig for insights, 37 digitally
Annual N.Y.C. 39 event hosted by Vogue
Some 40 Pepperidge Farm cookies Begrudge 44
“Get Out” star 46 Kaluuya
Like,
47 now
Birth control 48 pioneer Margaret
Like some 50 drones
Forfeits 52
What comes 56 before old age? “Of course it 59 looks good on you!,” maybe Zip 60