new YOrk TimeS crOSSwOrD

ACROSS

1 Precursor to riches, it’s said

5 “A Farewell to Arms”

subj.

8 Snide chuckle 12 Unalaskan, e.g. 14 Hide-y holes?

15 Player of X in “X-Men” 17 Alternatives to texts 18 Squeeze (out) 19 Frequent favorite 21 Scotch brand 23 Courtroom V.I.P.s 24 Part of some future planning, for short 25 Like many of Pindar’s works

26 Player of M in “GoldenEye” 29 Carefully listening (to) 32 Screw up

33 Player of V in

“V for Vendetta” 36 Cabinet dept. concerned with farming 37 Chicago landmark nicknamed for its resemblance to a legume

39 Player of J in

“Men in Black” 43 Urban portmanteau 45 Lead-in to -cide 46 Equal

47 Would really rather not 49 Member of a fratlike Silicon Valley work environment

52 “Game of Thrones” role ___ Snow

53 Cardi B’s genre

54 15-, 26-, 33- or 39-Across, punnily? 57 Answer to the old riddle “What wears more clothing in summer than in winter?” 58 What Dante wrote in 59 Try to get a good look 60 Crosses out

61 A really long time

DOWN

1 Spanish fleet?

2 San Francisco Bay city 3 Becomes involved in 4 Big ___

5 Ones going down in flames?

6 Shake, maybe 7 Walk-___

8 Julia Ward ___, writer of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” 9 Really long times 10 Contained by this text 11 Ph-neutral vitamin brand 13 Mezzanine, e.g. 14 Magical basin used to view one’s memories in the Harry Potter books 16 Disgusting sort 20 “Lah-di-___!” 22 Honest-to-goodness 23 Cool woman, jocularly 26 Typical Seder attendee 27 Tiny amount 28 Rutherford known as “The Father of Nuclear Physics” 30 Popular boots

from Australia

31 Title role for Sally Field 34 “How relaxing!” 35 Online handle for

an Xbox player

38 Zero

39 Drippy, say 40 Geographical feature of Mars 41 12-time Olympic swimming medalist Ryan 42 Classic Camaro,

informally 44 Action-documenting

cameras

47 Some circle dances 48 Super-uptight

50 Title creature in an Aesop fable 51 Title in Uncle Remus stories

52 “Black Swan” jump 55 Two for the show, informally?

56 Org. concerned with

bugs and plants