THE DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Way to play music
that’s a hit?
9 Words after a
deep breath
15 Where the action
is?
16 The __ Brothers: “Black Water” band
17 Egg option
18 Position
19 Mulligans
20 Lavender brew
22 Jacob’s twin
23 Unagi roll fish
24 “Food’s getting
cold!”
27 “The Namesake”
actor Penn
28 Big Mac rivals?
31 Four-part cooking series starring Samin Nosrat
37 “How’s about this
instead!?”
38 Election system that gets the press involved?
39 Alums-to-be
40 Big bird
41 Shortish releases 42 Instrument once plucked with a quill
44 “Who’s this
under?”
48 Hot pockets?
53 Sunny?
54 Friendly gesture 55 Ulaanbaatar’s
country 57 “You’re making me
blush!”
58 Oktoberfest
snacks
59 Pushes
boundaries? 60Be reasonable
DOWN 1 Food contraction that omits “ome”
2 Melts for
3 Estée Lauder
subsidiary
4 Spin on a classic ballet performance?
5 Some queens
6 “Hugo” actor
Butterfield
7 Brief meeting?
8 Eye annoyance
9 “We Shall Overcome” phrase
10 Principled
11 Tesla stock?
12 Help with a
heist
13 “I forgot what to
say!”
14 Threads owner 21 Posts a GIF,
perhaps
25 Miles away
26 Some Apple Design Award winners
27 Breaded cutlet
dish
28 Mani-__ 29 William the Conqueror’s burial place
30 Single party
election?
31 Small suctions on
cups?
32 Vegan gelatin
substitute
33 Cuts (off)
34 Overflowed
35 Release
36 Prepare to go out
again?
42 Chai __
43 Labor group
45 “It’s Not Me, It’s
You” singer Lily 46 Sends flying,
perhaps
47 Rub off
48 Site with step-by-step guides
49 Fish tacos choice,
on menus
50 Condition that may respond to CBT or LSD
51 Boomers at a
concert?
52 Sensitive
53 NCOS who know
the drill
56 Jennifer Affleck, __
Lopez