THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Athlete with the 1999 guide “Go for the Goal”

5 Folklore monster whose name means “goatsucker”

15 Cream alternative

16 What might precede a parachute jump

17 Captain Morgan and Admiral Nelson’s

18 “I got you”

19 Dog jog

20 Attempts to remove some barriers

21 River with Victoria Falls

23 Wave function symbol in quantum mechanics

24 Having someone’s thoughts in mind? 25 Revolving toy

30 1988 security guard comedy

33 Stimulate

34 Prefix with god

35 Jazzman Earl

37 Cardinal point?

38 Put away for later 40 Like agliata sauce

42 Where you might go downstairs for drinks

44 Dir. that’s also a suffix

45 [That makes me mad!]

46 Program opening?

50 Didn’t think about

55 Product with six fruity flavors

56 #1 hit for the Jackson 5 and Mariah Carey

57 Role for Hugh O’Brian on TV and Kevin Costner in film

58 Tailgaters’ tote

59 Shade akin to cerulean

60 Enthusiast’s purchase

61 Wet cloud

DOWN

1 Bandwidth unit

2 Maker of the MDX and RDX

3 1983 comedy/drama about a stayat-home dad

4 Remark of envy

5 Arguing with God, for example

6 One of several French kings

7 ___approved

8 Sort who entices others to follow

9 Still

10 Assigning stars to?

11 Congratulatory start

12 Science subj.

13 Swindle

14 Connectors

22 Attendance abbr.

25 One method of locating schools

26 United, e.g.

27 Apt surname for an acupuncturist?

28 “By Jove!” 29 “What’s ___?”

30 Setting of a

2000s Comedy Central police show

31 Let off

32 Locale for Cubans

34 “Silly me!”

36 Some Winter Olympians

39 Nickname of Doménikos Theotokópoulo s

41 Political designation: Abbr.

43 Nova Scotia’s Cape ___ Island

46 Crop deity

47 Operation Red Dawn defender

48 Mono, e.g.

49 Overseas worker, perhaps

50 Some family folks, informally

51 Nickname for Ulysses

52 Entered response

53 Some 58Across contents, in brief

54 Ward with many awards