NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Hosp. procedure

4 Not esto or eso 8 Frances Moore ___, author of the best-selling “Diet for a Small Planet” 13 HUD secretary Carson 14 Milling byproduct 15 *Onetime White House

nickname

16 High-pH

18 Support

19 *What may keep a model’s weight down?

20 “Hear me out …” 21 Somewhat

22 Caught

24 Music genre that spawned a fashion style

25 Rarest state bird 26 Walked (on) 27 Shamble, e.g.

28 “The Disrobing of Christ” painter, 1579 31 Most-nominated woman ever in the Grammys

33 What it takes decades to grow

34 Poetic “indeed” 35 Watches every penny 39 It comes at the end of a

sentence 43 Not getting up until

after 10? 44 Something that’s long

and steep?

46 Pop singer Halliwell 47 “Baby ___ Want You”

(1971 hit by Bread) 48 Famed deli seen in Woody Allen’s “Manhattan” 50 Visiting the nation’s capital, for short 51 *Anthem writer 53 Brought in

55 It’s usually in the 80s or 90s 56 Start of a kids’ taunt 57 More substantial, as a paycheck

58 “___ homo”

59 Traffic caution 60 Elevator stop 61 Florida pro team 62 About 5 mL

DOWN

1 Capital of Swaziland 2 Put a new tag on 3 Vague notion

4 Start of a Beatles title 5 Adorns

6 Unexpectedly met 7 “It’s just getting out of ___ and getting into another” (John Lennon on death)

8 Fatty acid, for one 9 German cries 10 Ever-changing 11 *Word after North or South

12 One may close a book 15 Rocky Mountain forager 17 Something that may be found in a belt 23 Way overcharge, say 27 2014 psychological thriller based on a Gillian Flynn novel 29 Wood resistant to

splitting

30 Turner of music 32 “___-haw!”

35 Take from the top 36 *Shade of black 37 Give one’s opinion on,

say

38 Bro or sis 39 *Discussion venues 40 One with a job to fill? 41 Trials

42 Dramatic ending to a performance … or a hint to answering the six starred clues 45 Padded envelope 48 ___ cards

(tools used in ESP testing) 49 Airheaded

52 The Green Hornet’s

masked driver 54 Metal containers