NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Schoolyard friend

9 Strolled

15 Abandon

16 Percussion item that’s shaken 17 Manufacturing of factory goods, e.g. 18 Victimize

19 Ace of spades or queen of hearts 20 Biblical twin of Jacob 22 Existence

23 Before, poetically

24 “___ Beso” (1962 Paul Anka hit) 25 Shared with, as a story 27 Sandwich often served with mayo 28 Connector between levels of a fire station

29 “I’m shocked!,” in a text 31 Religion based in Haifa, Israel 34 Sulk

35 Bothered state

36 “What goes up must come down,” e.g.

37 NPR host Shapiro

38 Big name in transmission repair 39 Young lady

40 U.S. sports org. with many prominent Korean champions

41 Gown

42 The Monkees’ “___ Believer” 43 Catch sight of

44 Org. in “Zero Dark Thirty” 45 Noted children’s research ospital

47 Actor Philip with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

48 Uncle ___ (patriotic figure) 51 Dragon in “The Hobbit” 52 Legendary queen and founder of Carthage

54 Change domiciles

55 Tasket’s partner in a nursery rhyme

57 Hazards for offshore swimmers 59 Go to

60 Faucet attachments 61 Writings of PH.D. candidates 62 X-axis

DOWN

1 Y-axis

2 Moon-related

3 Tennis’s Agassi

4 “___ be surprised”

5 Greek M’s

6 Swear (to)

7 Middle part of the body 8 One-named Irish singer

9 Bit of concert equipment

10 Stone for a statue

11 One of over 200 recognized by the American Kennel Club

12 “I’m listening”

13 Subject of this puzzle

14 “Nuts!”

21 Golden state?

24 “Night” memoirist Wiesel

26 Cheer at a bullfight

27 Sacks

28 “___ and Bess”

30 Classic Pontiac sports cars 31 Much-visited Indonesian isle 32 “Father” of 13-Down

33 Tries some food

34 Drew for an atlas

35 Singer Bareilles

38 Tennis score after deuce

40 ’60s hallucinogenic 43 Playwright O’neill

44 Actress Priyanka who was 2000’s Miss World

46 Fakes out of position, as in football 47 Farewell

48 “Me too”

49 Prevent, as disaster 50 Complicated, as a divorce 51 “A.S.A.P.!”

53 Baghdad’s land

54 Baseball glove

56 Football scores, for short

58 Lie in the sun