The New York Times crossword puzzle
A Sign of the Times Al lthe puzzles this week, from Monday to Saturday, have been created by one person, Patrick Blindauer. Keep your solutions handy, because the Saturday puzzle conceals a meta-challenge involving grids of all six.
Across
1 Sting, e.g. 5 100th anniversary of Disney’s “Fantasia” 9 Singer Aguilera’s nickname 14 Not well,
say 15 Second 16 Conventions 17 Coming or
going 19 Shows of appreciation for services provided? 20 Characters from Sophocles 21 Prideful? 22 “Born again”
woman 23 Figureheads? 24 Most laggardly 26 Pabst product 29 Some Arabian
food 30 ___ Lumpur 31 Needles 36 “Huh?!” 38 How Marilyn Monroe sang “Happy Birthday” to President Kennedy 39 Blank 40 City near Arches National Park 41 Queen’s “We Will Rock You” and others 42 Requiem Mass
part 46 Musical partner of DJ Spinderella and Salt 47 Bit of writing that’s slashed? 48 Household brand that’s an anagram of 47-Across 50 Homophone of
55-Down 53 Minute hands,
in a way 54 Sci-fi
disturbances 56 Early Trinity College affiliation: Abbr. 57 It’s hair-raising 58 When Hamlet says “The rest is silence” 59 Leaves in 60 Actor Bean of
“Troy” 61 Grate
Down
1 Colorful breakfast option 2 Mysore Palace resident 3 Focus of some
philanthropy 4 So says 5 They come and
go 6 Sushi bar
servings 7 Doublecrossed? 8 Fraternity
house cry 9 Map phrase … and a hint to finding this week’s final answer 10 Rourke’s co-star in “The Wrestler” 11 Greek goddess of peace 12 Leche drinkers 13 What you will? 18 Certain character set … and a hint to translating this week’s final answer 23 They’re easily
caught 25 Ear-related 26 Lift things? 27 Sassiness,
slangily 28 Spring fall 29 Bathroom
brand 31 1977 PBS
sensation 32 Pair of hearts? 33 Trumpeter
Jones 34 What a soldier
may be at? 35 Heads of some towns in Quebec?: Abbr. 37 ___ Pueblo (Unesco World Heritage site) 41 Half of a
cigarette? 42 Cuts down 43 A little off 44 Fast ___ 45 Ceiling support 46 Black-andwhite creature 49 Skip it 50 Black-andwhite creature 51 Some N.F.L.
workers 52 Do something
polite 55 Thrust provider