NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Story of why you really couldn’t have done it
6 Car rental partner of Budget
10 Open a bit
14 Minus item, in accounting
15 Oenophile’s love
16 Cops, slangily
17 Plants in abandoned lots
18 Lighting display at many a rock concert
20 Overdue amount
22 Strike callers
23 Symbol of pride
26 Channel famous for veejays
28 Homer’s H
29 Dim bulbs
30 Papermaking material
31 It often introduces new wrinkles
32 Sign before Taurus
33 & 35 Complete success … or a hint to 18-, 23-, 46- and 51-Across 37 Mourner’s emotion
38 Sigma Chi, Sigma Phi and Sigma Pi 39 Hankerings
40 Bluffer’s words in poker, ma=ybe 42 Actress Zadora
45 Food additive with “the fifth taste” 46 Comeuppance for a package thief
48 In an overwhelming way
50 Letter flourishes
51 Sport that can leave you with welts 54 Country or heavy metal
55 Actress Merrill of “Butterfield 8” 56 Polish before publishing
57 Like granola, largely
58 Lose sleep (over)
59 Sound of a flop
60 Shooting sport
DOWN
1 “Congratulations! You’ve been selected …” program
2 Eyelust-fully
3 The Basques’ peninsula
4 #2 for #44
5 “Things may well not happen the way you suppose”
6 Beltmaker’s tool 7 Through, on an itinerary
8 “Yo mama” joke, e.g.
9 Perceived to be
10 Lhasa ___ (dog)
11 Who said “In every walk with Nature, one receives far more than he seeks”
12 Guests at the Last Supper
13 Do some sculling
19 Fix, as a contest
21 “The Thinker” sculptor
24 Turkey piece
25 Something a lighthouse beacon cuts through
27 4-Down and others, for short
30 Those in favor
31 Those in favor
32 Clark Kent and Mr. Hyde, for two
33 One may open a window for it
34 Pasta often served with clam sauce
35 Lit ___ (college class)
36 Welcome watering holes
37 Place to play hoops
38 Butter or olive oil
40 “Yeah, right!”
41 Saudi capital
42 Ballet position on tiptoe
43 Escapee’s cry
44 Not answering at roll call
46 Pick up on
47 Start of a billiards game
49 Pesky swarmer
51 Shareable PC file
52 Actress Lucy of “Elementary”
53 Relative of Inc.