NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 No credit, say 9 Cause of a public embarrassment, maybe 15 “Please, go ahead” 16 Blitz

17 Flop 18 What fools do, they say 19 Bank job of a sort 20 Things kept on racks 22 Spreadsheet entries: Abbr. 23 Walks slowly and steadily 25 Stuff

26 Wall Street woe 30 Alternative to a Yodel or a Swiss Roll 31 Fool 32 Pacific Northwest native 34 Picketer’s holding 37 Joan who wrote “The Year of Magical Thinking” 38 Outburst from Sneezy 39 Like ziggurats 41 This will help ease the pain 42 “___ All That” (1999 romcom) 43 Haydée, to the Count of Monte Cristo, par exemple 45 Cockamamie 46 Very bright, but not in a good way 47 New Age author Deepak ___ 49 Two for dinner? 50 First in a series 51 Close one 55 2015 film from Marvel Studios 57 Affecting people at large 60 Where Marie Curie was born

61 Bit of misdirection from an athlete 62 Clearly working out 63 Generic rivalry

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1 ___ State (school with 23 campuses) 2 Way out there 3 Diagnosis from an ophthalmologist 4 Great deal 5 Expression of doubt

6 Day when the ball drops: Abbr. 7 Ship’s record 8 Trading card franchise that’s an alternative to Pokémon 9 Like good computer screens, for short 10 Weight 11 Array in a security office 12 Muppets song with nonsense lyrics 13 Impossible to screw up 14 Fill with fragrance, in a way 21 Music genre for Psy and BTS

24 Côtes du ___ (wine appellation) 25 Released for attack 26 Features of some 11-Down 27 “Here comes a fight!” 28 Extra work 29 Bid at the last second 31 Political satirist who said “If you were the only person left on the planet, I would have to attack you. That’s my job” 33 Accident report? 35 Mantle, e.g. 36 Fool 40 Author whose name is one letter off from 31-Down

41 Acts cautiously (around) 44 Kind of pork 46 Bounds 47 ___ Williams, player of Shirley on “Laverne & Shirley” 48 They’re not basic 50 Huff and puff 52 Weight 53 Home to part of the Wasatch Mountains 54 “___ me!” 56 Barnyard sound 58 Eastern Central Div. player 59 Apollo craft, for short