The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across 1 ___ Nast, publisher of Vogue 6 Baby 11 Voodoo
doll action 14 “Robin ___” ( old Irish ballad) 15 Bittersweet
spread 17 Company concerned with net profits? 19 Big name
in pop 20 Passover
month 21 Current
positions? 22 Scandalous ’ 80s initials 23 Old- fashioned
verb suffix 24 “Isn’t ___ bit like you and me?” ( Beatles lyric) 26 Black Friday scene 28 Back on
the plane?
31 Server of pink champagne on ice, in song 37 Is perfectly punctual 38 Spoke
forthrightly 39 Workshop 40 French
seasoning 41 Pre- A. D. 42 Incline press
target, briefly 43 “___ Ho” (“Slumdog Millionaire” song) 45 Like Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 47 Drowned
valley, maybe 50 Full of moxie 52 Sponges 55 Was vindicated 57 Pasta strip 58 Cross swords 59 Baby 60 Flower known to attract butterflies 61 Victimizes, with “on”
Down 1 Maine’s
___ Bay 2 Classic
theater name 3 Crack
investigators? 4 Agent’s
handful, say 5 Ivanka’s younger brother 6 Silvery fish 7 Like some bulls 8 Crash- prone “Catch- 22” pilot 9 “It’s
showtime!” 10 “Rent”
showstopper 11 Was involved
with 12 Setting for paintings by Tintoretto and Hieronymus Bosch 13 Gen ___ 16 Manifest, e. g. 18 Fine and dandy 24 1937 Shirley Temple title role 25 “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” hitmaker of 1976 26 Postprandial
handouts 27 Olden 29 Apple on an
iPod, maybe 30 Four- bagger 31 Doesn’t
proceed 32 “Laborare est ___” ( Masonic motto) 33 One calling the shots on court? 34 In concert 35 Word before
ball or shot 36 Collector’s item 44 Memo abbr. 45 ___ Balbo, right- hand man to Mussolini 46 “___ Please, We’re British” ( 1971 stage farce) 47 Compact item 48 He can help
after a crash 49 Grate
expectations? 50 Bunker Hill
general 51 Michelle of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” 53 Quickly put
( together) 54 Henry VIII’s
sixth 55 Fell 56 Bad cholesterol
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