THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Clichéd sequel catchphrase 8 Economist who wrote “An Essay on the Principle of Population,” 1798 15 Like Rome, supposedly 16 How one might play a love ballad 17 19-season Yankee Rivera 18 Batting targets 19 Batting targets 20 Go on foot 21 Assuage 22 Any miss 24 Manchester man 27 With 46-Down, common canvas coater 29 Red three-yearold of TV 31 “Verily” 32 Event with the categories Best Kiss and Best Fight 36 Raced 37 Savage 38 Ninny 39 & 42 2001 video game set in Liberty City 43 Senate majority group, maybe? 44 Ascension Isl. setting 45 Quite like 47 Slush for eds. to wade through 49 They can get excited 53 “Damn Yankees” Tony winner 55 “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” novelist 57 Dressing type 59 Popular pop-up preventer 60 Ninnylike

61 Above all others 62 Without even cracking a smile, say 63 Big name in air circulation?

DOWN 1 Some rope sources 2 Net sales 3 Comfortaire competitor 4 Place for a Neapolitan pizza 5 Home to “The Happiest Place on Earth” 6 Quaint stage dancing accessory 7 Supermodel Karlie 8 11-pointed national symbol 9 Mon ___ 10 It may be drawn in a forest 11 A dog may pick one up 12 Turned on 13 Its seal has an olive branch 14 Sign of trouble 23 Brooke Astor, e.g. 25 Bud 26 Standard offshoot 28 Like many ideals 30 Its one-euro coin depicts a cross 32 Elaborate underground complex in “The Lord of the Rings” 33 Limited expense? 34 Fire 35 Sister of Cartoon Network 36 Office whoop 40 “The best value under the sun” sloganeer 41 Serene calmness 46 See 27-Across 48 Comes to a sudden close? 50 First name of a 10-year manhunt target 51 ___ support 52 Tackle box accessory 54 Junk mover 56 Alaskan island or its principal town 57 Pre-texts? 58 Playskool product tester