NEW YORK TIMES
ACROSS
1 Brand of headphones 11 Sellers of buckets 15 Brought about 16 Smooth
17 Annual fashion event since 1948
18 ___ torch
19 Put in the trash
20 One hanging around in a deli?
22 Queen Elizabeth spells her name with one 23 Romanian currency units
24 Use Venmo, say 25 Mozart’s “Le ___ di Figaro”
27 Imprecise stats: Abbr. 29 File folder part
30 One taking a survey 31 Taking on a new identity, in a way 34 Once-standard subject no longer taught in most schools
36 “That must be the case”
37 One of 32 for Beethoven
39 Harmless
40 Daytime star
41 Temper tantrum outbursts
45 To whom “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” is sung 46 Abbr. on old Eurasian maps
47 Play-___
48 Health abbr.
49 Measure the length of again
52 Game in which it’s illegal to play lefthanded
53 Crushed cacao beans used to make chocolate
55 Leave one’s drawers in the drawer, say 57 Posthuman race of literature
58 Secret society invoked in many conspiracy theories 59 Match up 60 Participates in combat
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1 Fifth place?
2 Offers a similar opinion to
3 Nails a test
4 Hats in the Highlands 5 Navigation abbr. 6 Parts of an “S.N.L.” audition
7 Athleisure wear 8 Police department resources
9 Something no one person can run 10 Eponymous Dutch town 11 Baby skunk
12 Makes curly
13 Soda debut of 2005 14 Baseball Hall-ofFamer Duke
21 Privy to a practical joke, say
26 “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch,” e.g.
28 Tough situation 29 Something to do to a shoulder or the brakes 30 Corolla part
32 Someone who’s really too good to be competing 33 Hu-u-uge
34 With alacrity 35 Seller of calorific pastries
38 Anvil, hammer or stirrup
39 James F. ___, Truman secretary of state
42 God, in Hebrew 43 Maintain, as standards
44 Sure winner
46 Fancy wrap 50 Protection: Var. 51 Stone that’s cast
52 Gasp
54 Word usually written in brackets
56 ___ drop