NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Where holsters go
5 Torso muscles, briefly
9 Turn into a pretzel
14 ___ palm (tree with a healthful berry) 15 Automobile rod
16 Italian scooter brand
17 Thrifty or Budget offering
19 Keep occupied, as a phone line 20 Meal option #1
22 007, for one
23 “___ of a gun!”
24 Cheer made with a pompom
25 Moo goo gai pan pan
26 Brit’s teapot cover
28 Consume
31 Meal option #2
35 Broadcasts
36 Hawaiian garland
37 Overdue
38 Meal option #3
43 Pig’s home
44 Where hay is stored in a barn 45 Path that wheels keep following 46 French for “him” 47 Completely finishing this crossword, to you
48 Residue of burning
51 Weekly occurrence when 20-, 31- and 38-Across might be consumed 56 Dance to some Johann Strauss music 57 Path for cyclists
58 Fit to be tied
59 La ___ Tar Pits
60 Blueprint
61 Things producing red hair or blue eyes 62 Stitched
63 Sicilian volcano
DOWN
1 In ___ way
2 Freeze over, as airplane wings 3 Colorful flower also known as heartsease
4 ___ Lord (Jedi’s foe)
5 Big oaf
6 One no longer in the pen
7 Raw bar offering
8 Belgrade native
9 Some light foldable tables
10 Put on the scale 11 “Understood”
12 Cowboy boot attachment 13 Faucet
18 Illegal burning
21 ___ Major (Great Bear)
25 The Dairy State: Abbr.
26 Peek at someone else’s paper, e.g. 27 Actress Lena of “Chocolat” 28 Alike, in Paris 29 ___-Defamation League
30 ___ kwon do (martial art) 31 Sediment
32 Say grace, e.g.
33 First symbol on a musical staff 34 Landed
35 Torso muscles, briefly
39 They’re all thumbs
40 Directive in a pasta recipe
41 Like the peninsula seized by Russia in 2014
42 “Mankind’s greatest blessing,” per Mark Twain
46 Espresso drink
47 Like an off-center tie
48 XXX
49 The Devil
50 “Laughing” animal
51 Mother horse
52 Flair
53 Recedes, as the tide
54 Father horse
55 “Negatory”
56 Dome topper?