The new York times
ACROSS
1 Publication that usually has only one contributor
5 Locale for a
wedding
10 Whole bunch
14 Slimming surgery, for short
15 Writer Zora ___
Hurston
16 Bit of equipment for a skier or trekker
17 Nonstick
cookware brand 18 Logical, as a
syllogism
19 Stir up
20 Gesture involving hitting one’s own hand in celebration
22 Was a no-show,
say
24 Singer Nat King
___
25 Not fast
26 Things that scratch a scratching post 28 Material for some jewelry at a surf shop
32 June birthstone 33 Protrusion
34 Many a C-Span interviewee, informally
35 For fear that
36 Records and
documents
37 Game with nine
rooms
38 Trains that run to
O’Hare airport
39 Swindles
40 Physique 41 Criminal
records?
43 Puts the kibosh
on
44 A “golden” one is an especially good thing to follow
45 Ohm’s law unit 46 “Heavens!”
49 If this is exhausted, all is lost
53 Movie theater
eponym
54 Like cards at a
card table
56 About 5,280 ft.,
for Denver
57 ___ vera
58 Still in the running, so to speak
59 Tick off
60 Don’t pass
61 Alpine call
62 First-year law student … or what every answer in this puzzle has exactly
DOWN
1 Sandwiches with an easy-toremember list of ingredients
2 Classic photo
magazine
3 October gem
4 Green vehicle?
5 Blacksmiths’
blocks
6 Depart
7 One of 24 in a
Chaucer book 8 Athlete who boasted “I’m young; I’m handsome; I’m fast; I’m pretty and can’t possibly be beat” 9 Things to keep an eye out for on a first date
10 Disorderly
expansion
11 Rival magazine
of 2-Down
12 Writer Wiesel
13 Fuse, as metal
21 Birds that sound like they’d taste bad?
23 Higher-priced
seating section 25 Tennis great
Monica
26 Singer Green
27 Cowboy’s rope 28 Is a sore loser
29 Accelerated H.S. class with a long reading list
30 All ___ Day
(November 2)
31 Luge, e.g.
32 Ordinary person,
informally
33 Ship’s
wastewater
36 Sports-filled
school event
37 Person held on a pedestal by a small group
39 Make less sharp 40 Latvian or
Lithuanian
42 Small digging
tool
43 Low-priced
lodging
45 Device on a duct 46 German
chancellor Scholz 47 Word often said before “Cómo estás?”
48 First pope in a
line of 13
49 Set (down)
50 Actress Lena or
actor Ken
51 One-named
“King of Football” 52 Daredevil Knievel 55 “Xanadu” grp.