THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 Spicy blend 9 Building supports 15 One who works
with combs 16 Secret target 17 Potential result
of a 56- Across 18 Kind of pants 19 Sack 20 Winner over NYY in the 2001 World Series 21 Like suckers 22 Black and white 25 Have a heated phone exchange? 26 Old Testament
outdoorsman 28 Make
unfathomable 30 “There’s no
hope!” 32 With 60- Across, Michelle Kwan or Michelle Wie 36 Slow exercises 37 Record
achievement 38 John ___, English explorer who named Lake Victoria 39 Fax forerunners
42 “Go! Go! Go!” 44 Heroine of Bulwer- Lytton’s “The Last Days of Pompeii” 45 Bit of emotional
damage 48 Outdoor dining
place 50 Like stocking
caps 52 Lowest number
on a clock 53 TV title lawyer
Stone 56 Legal action 57 Rum- flavored
desserts 59 “Prego” preceder 60 See 32- Across 61 Still 62 Time for crisis
management
Down
1 Actress Rue of “Rules of Engagement” 2 Culmination 3 Denies who one really is 4 Bill accompanier: Abbr. 5 Pianist Claudio 6 Powerful friend of Queen Victoria 7 Reiterated refusal 8 Scandalous 1980s inits. 9 Jests 10 Kind of rinse 11 “That’s my two
cents” 12 One in a dark
suit 13 Durable ticker? 14 German town 21 Feathered flier 23 Way to preserve
food freshness 24 Mails a dupe 26 Manducates 27 Response to an
affront 29 Break up 31 Author
Silverstein 33 Weakness
34 “Exactly right!” 35 Where Loews is
“L” 37 Run down 39 Drove diagonally 40 Stretcher
settings: Abbr. 41 Easily bent 43 Diner order
45 Dos for dudes 46 Kind of pants 47 Dismay, in Dover 49 Spare 51 Pour 54 One guilty of
pseudologia 55 “Who ___?” 57 Pine product 58 Pine product