NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Indications of one’s qualifications? 10 They can be found in two different sections of home-improvement stores 15 Men’s fashion shortcut 16 Completely wiped out

17 Bad occasion for an anchor to drag 18 Like many beta programs 19 Burrowing sea creature 20 Practically begs to be hurt 22 Through the roof

25 Clip art?

27 ___ George H. W. Bush

28 1982 Disney film

30 Hybrid business entity: Abbr. 31 Ancient Roman citizenry 34 Traveled in trunks, say

35 Ritual drink in Shintoism 36 Diamond delivery

39 Judith with two Tonys

40 Metal finish?

41 Turns off

42 “___ for Alibi”

43 Become attentive, with “up”

44 Stop working for good

45 Tizzy

47 Protectors sent packing?

51 Foiled

54 Blues group, in brief

55 “___ true”

56 What’ll give someone a bleeping chance? 59 Writer/director of “The Evil Dead” 60 Stiff material under a ball gown 61 Novelist Hammond ___

62 Proved sound

DOWN

1 The Bronx Zoo has 265 of them 2 Aerodynamic 3 1985 Oscar nominee for “Agnes of God”

4 Wetlands regulator, for short 5 Jazz trumpeter Hargrove with two Grammys

6 Shabby

7 Sniffer dog’s discovery

8 Thrill

9 Grasps

10 Uncivilized sort

11 Flip-flop

12 Take care of bills

13 Boastful sort

14 Challenge for a housecleaner 21 It might be caught by a 56-Across

23 One of a hitched pair 24 California congressman Darrell 26 People with decorating tips? 28 Do some dirty dancing

29 Like walk-off touchdowns 31 Hospital vessel

32 Moby Dick, e.g.

33 Reading problem

34 One receiving top billing

35 “In Luxury Beware” painter, 1663 37 Punk

38 Nike alternative

43 Tab alternatives

44 Hang (on)

46 Request for a hand

47 It grows in the dark

48 Dark

49 Banquo, for one

50 Better with trickery

52 Really impress?

53 Test of one’s backbone 55 Prefix with athlete

57 Giant in chemicals

58 She, in Rio