NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Jazz’s James
5 Means of applying lip gloss 9 Unlikely to make the first move 12 Navy ___
13 In the neighborhood of
15 Tapered piece of sports equipment 16 Acclaimed TV show concerning a science teacher-turned-drug dealer 19 “!!!! ”
20 Having a tart, citrusy flavor 21 Mexican tequila brand, familiarly 23 Word before Street or oil 24 Financially behind
26 Hang around
27 Mimi’s “me”
28 Collection by Horace
29 Tick off
30 Laundry loads
32 ___ There Dump That (garbage service franchise)
33 Brought into existence
36 Staple of Disney live-action remakes, briefly
39 “I goofed”
40 St. ___ (district in London)
42 Java setting
45 Fútbol stadium cry
46 Knock down a peg or two
47 Amigo
49 Cute mistake
50 Mild Swiss cheese
51 Spell check?
52 Org. in the 2019 Tony-winning play “The Ferryman”
53 Changes made to the answers to 16-, 24-, 33- and 47-Across, whether interpreted as one word or two? 57 Final figure
58 Neighbor of Uttar Pradesh 59 Emmy- and Tony-nominated actress Mireille 60 “___whiz!”
61 Source of the Tigris and Euphrates, per Genesis
62 Institches
DOWN
1 Abatement
2 “Madam Secretary” star
3 Gesture from a coach not to swing at the next pitch
4 Give life to
5 “Parsifal” composer
6 Dear one?
7 Winter Olympics powerhouse: Abbr. 8 Props, say
9 Was able to acquire, informally 10 Military transport
11 “Holy cannoli!”
14 Touchy?
17 What the ruthless show
18 “Well, obviously!”
22 Mythical matchmaker
23 Chunk of concrete
24 Got in the way of
25 Hardly a rosy picture
31 Barely best
34 Scrubbed
35 Account
36 “Crisis averted!”
37 Question after an explanation 38 Positive response to 37-Down 39 Google ___
41 Hints at
42 Playing field?
43 Swanky affair
44 Scrambling words
46 Address part
48 ___ guitar
51 Joint problem
54 Daniels who directed “The Butler” 55 What it takes years and years to grow 56 Target for an ID thief