NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Colorful pullovers 9 Party host’s convenience 15 “The Merchant of Venice” film star, 2004 16 Mark who won two golf majors in 1998 17 Loss prevention association? 18 Pioneering hip-hop trio 19 Benefiting 20 Cards 22 Option for people who can’t handle the truth? 23 Gulf War weapon 24 Matchmaking site available in Hebrew 26 Shoot out 27 Keystone figure 28 Bombs 29 “The More You Know” spot, e.g., for short 30 Zeroed (in on) 31 Faithfulness 34 Question that might precede “Hallelujah!” 38 Pole vault units? 39 Played again 40 Subject of Durocher’s “Nice guys finish last” sentiment 41 “Yesss!” 42 Ate 45 Composition of some beds 47 Cracks 48 Range 49 Snag 50 Base for some Chinese art 51 Place for many a start-up 53 Like Earth 55 “Best to avoid that” 57 “You are quite right” 58 Hemingway’s “old man” 59 Bayou genre 60 Artist with many mathematically inspired works

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1 Patterned fabric 2 Magnet alloy 3 Ran harder 4 ___ Karzai, ex-president of Afghanistan 5 Folder, maybe 6 “The Chosen One” of the N.B.A. 7 ___ Kamoze, “Here Comes the Hotstepper” singer 8 Laissez-faire doctrine 9 Troubling prognosis 10 ___ oil, ingredient in some health care products 11 Inclines 12 No-goodnik 13 Subjects of some disputes in planes 14 Courses for cars in competition 21 The shakes 25 Take in less 28 Old-fashioned sort 30 Miss’s counterpart 31 Brand at Indy 32 Conseil d’___ 33 Woman’s name meaning “grace” 34 McKinley’s assassin 35 Does this church position ring a bell? 36 Like division by zero 37 Break down 41 California’s Point ___ 42 Elephant rider’s seat 43 Pay back 44 One subject to imprisonment, in Dickens’s day 46 Die down 47 Chips and ___ (Tex-Mex offering) 48 Item from another time 52 They often precede hikes 54 Little jerk 56 Mil. branch disbanded in 1978