NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Hosp. procedure

4 Not esto or eso

8 Frances Moore ___, author of the bestselling “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