The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 The of many works conductors

9 Written remembrance, for short

13 Advocate for a 61-Across, informally

14 ___ chip 16 Bump or spike 17 Bishop, e.g. 19 Canoodle

20 Home theater installation

22 Arpad ___, creator of an eponymous chess rating system 23 Mill fodder 25 First syllable of a rhyming film genre 26 Of all the noises known to man, it is the most expensive, per an old quip

28 Feng shui

energy

30 Gluttonous sort 32 More than

great

33 Challenge for some funny video compilations

36 “That’s just how

it is!”

37 Refrain from going on road trips?

38 Shade akin to

peridot

39 ___ Lingus

40 The “dark” part of a Dark ‘n’ Stormy

41 Takes in the

paper

43 Tune often in

2/4 time 45 Is not so important, comparatively speaking

49 Bar or bell

follower

50 Social media post labeled “Sponsored,” e.g.

53 Shortening that

omits “gram”

54 One side of the

Bering Sea

56 “Sign me up!” 58 Teed off

59 2019 #1 hit by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello

60 One may be stolen or planted 61 Member of an “international brotherhood”

DOWN

1 Task for a

conductor

2 ___ circle

3 Nina of fashion 4 Spiraled

5 French article

6 Things that may be traditional, for short

7 Covid-era

purchases

8 One who has ways of making you talk ...

9 Never again

10 “The Jungle

Book” character 11 Cold, hard stuff 12 What might turn you red on a green

15 Offshore

fixtures

18 Luxury brand ... or a non-luxury option

21 Revolting sort 24 Herb with a

creeping variety 27 Mediators and

honest brokers 29 Shortening that

omits “gram”

31 Many an entrylevel position 33 Where you might run into some real characters?

34 They who shall

not be named 35 Simple bucket 36 Capital on the

Mediterranean 37 Greeting that contains another greeting backward

42 Benefits

44 Open call, in

modeling lingo

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46 OK 47 Thrill 48 Naval acronym 51 Pops

52 Food that contains another food item backward

55 “___ Vermont” (winter tourist slogan)

57 First syllable of a rhyming film genre