N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Employer of Detective Lindsay Boxer in a series of James Patterson novels 5 Fragrance since
1932
9 Aviary sound 12 Santa ___, Calif.
13 “Point taken,” ’60s-style 14 Title partner of Hobbs in a hit 2019 film 15 Reactions to social media posts? 18 Wizard 19 Animation stack 20 “I strongly advise against that” 21 Breeds of hunting dogs?
26 Not legally immune 27 “Head for the hills!” 28 Do a home ec assignment 29 E.N.T. case
30 Depart from a straight line
32 Techie or Trekkie 33 Boxing champs of the 1960s-’70s? 36 Tony
Blair, for the U.K. 39 Apothecary’s unit 40 “In Old Mexico” or “In Old Santa Fe” 44 It’s trained in music school 45 An indispensable ingredient in the elixir of life, per Laotzu 46 Domination, in slang 47 Things that scouts earn badges for? 51 Target for holistic healing 52 Stand taken by a speaker? 53 First cellular co. to offer service nationwide 54 Cows’ various glands? 58 Paris network 59 Davidson of “S.N.L.” 60 Like pipes, again and again 61 Country where the cellphone was developed: Abbr.
62 Port SSE of the Suez Canal 63 Where a batter eventually goes to the plate?
DOWN
1 Partition 2 Fool’s gold?
3 Prefix with caution or condition 4 Govt. lawyers
5 Fork foursome 6 Throw into confusion 7 Sequence of 0’s and 1’s 8 “What a stomachchurning thought!” 9 Takeout option 10 Where a yellow ribbon is tied in a 1973 #1 hit
11 Be attributable (to) 12 Preferred variety of stock
14 Part of a schedule 16 Unit of an estate 17 Heaven on earth
22 Lettershaped construction piece
23 Airline of 61-Across 24 Part of a weightlifter’s routine 25 Parrot’s cry
30 Like many antebellum mansions 31 Down-toearth fig. 32 Jumbo 34 “Here’s an ___ …”
35 John Wayne Birthplace Museum locale
36 Cry upon opening a hospital bill, maybe 37 Heavens on earth
38 More selfsatisfied 41 Portmanteau fruit 42 “Travel” for a bigheaded person 43 Secondgrade offering? 45 Bygone monarch 46 Very
48 Very, abroad 49 Whom Italians call “il Sommo Poeta” 50 Expand 54 Ocean State sch.
55 Cruise ship amenity 56 Prefix with lateral or lingual 57 “I suppose that’s kinda funny”