NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Officially accepted works
6 Follow orders
10 Section of grass-covered dirt
13 Be melodramatic on stage
14 Actor Carell of “The Office” 15 Wonderment
16 Q.U.E.U.E.S.
18 The “N” of N.Y.C.
19 Opera highlight
20 Direction of the morning light
21 Site to buy and sell handicrafts 22 Share, as a Twitter post
24 Barack, Michelle, Sasha or Malia 27 E+X+T+R+A+S
31 Seventh planet from the sun 34 Money for a mortgage
35 Salt Lake City collegian 36 Longer-lasting nail polish
options
37 Highest number on a die
38 Give credit in a footnote 39 “Wonder Woman” star Gadot 40 Places to relax while getting all
steamed up?
42 Himalayan country that’s home to the world’s highest unclimbed mountain
44 W/H/E/E/L/S
47 Lamb’s cry
48 Continuously
52 Floating marker on a swim
course
54 Prussia’s ___ von Bismarck
56 Get smaller, as the moon 57 ___-compliant (wheelchairaccessible, say)
58 D-R-E-A-M-S
61 Neither’s partner
62 Prove helpful
63 School vacation
64 Finale
65 Calendar boxes
66 In a strange way
DOWN
1 Fragrant wood
2 Love, to Michelangelo
3 Cry heard at the start of a game of tag 4 Residents of Canada’s capital
5 Once named
6 Redding who sang “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay”
7 Compartmented Japanese lunch 8 Allhallows ___
9 “I’d love to!”
10 Costume for St. Nick
11 Is behind financially
12 Like grass on a misty morning
14 Bluish gray hue
17 Owners’ papers
21 Bird that can sprint up to
30 m.p.h.
23 Alternative to .com and .org
25 Feathery neckwear
26 Raggedy ___ (doll)
28 Classification for the barely famous 29 “At Last” singer James
30 Sighted
31 Popular brand of sheepskin boots 32 Authentic
33 Train conductor’s cry
37 “Lamentably …”
38 Bit of foul language
40 “That’s all ___ wrote”
41 Split ___ soup
42 Hatchlings for a 43-Down
43 Coop mother
45 Sneaky
46 Spy’s gathering
49 Recorded on cassette
50 15-time N.B.A. All-star Shaquille 51 Nettlesome
52 ___ of one’s existence
53 Thick Japanese noodle
55 The one right here
58 Father
59 Director Duvernay
60 “Game of Thrones” airer