NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “Bor-r-ring”

6 Part of a parade 11 Stir-fry pan

14 Time’s Person of the Year for 2008 and 2012 15 Lofty abode

16 Reverence

17 Stable base for a drilling rig

19 Deuce, in tennis

20 ___ Leppard

21 Exam with a max. score of 180

22 Part of the lymphatic system

24 Muffler attachment 25 See-through 26 Forerunners of cellphones

29 Feisty

32 Tony, e.g.

33 Spanish ___ (historic site in Rome)

34 “Bravo!”

35 Launch party? 36 Dark-tongued Chinese dogs

37 Bed smaller than a queen

38 Slam

39 Poles, e.g.

40 Prominent cockatoo feature 41 “A little thing that makes a big difference,” per a popular saying 43 Props (up)

44 “The Sheik of ___” (1920s song)

45 Weapon in Clue

46 Late bloomers

48 Comes down with 49 Bankroll

52 Universal life force

53 How a perfect pitch comes … or a hint to the missing parts of the shaded answers

56 Overly

57 Loathing

58 Wash off

59 Ares, to Zeus

60 Rector’s residence

61 Feast without yeast

DOWN

1 Cobra feature

2 Tony’s counterpart 3 Feature of a skate park 4 Ballpark figure 5 Green-headed duck 6 Like some errors and attractions

7 Split

8 Treasure on the Spanish Main

9 Blimps and zeppelins 10 Tones down

11 Tall landmark in many a town

12 Boo-boo

13 Eager

18 Garage sale caveat 23 Welcoming wreath 24 Prefix with watt

25 Gushes

26 Symbol of China

27 Be in store for

28 Business often combined with a minimart

29 Hat worn by Abraham Lincoln

30 Dedicatee of a Beethoven bagatelle 31 Dings

33 Of questionable repute 36 Popular mixer

37 Trampled

39 “American Idol” quest 40 They may follow shots 42 Boiling blood

43 Meyers of late-night TV 45 “I can take it from here” 46 Stops procrastinating 47 “Get outta here!” 48 Serengeti herd

49 Trachea

50 Vaulted recess

51 Certain animals playing in “Home on the Range” 54 Have the best time, say 55 Kind of filling