The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Getting close
5 Having obligations
11 Antiquated
14 Making a crossing, maybe
15 Not so savvy about the ways of the world
16 Top of an outfit, for short?
17 1938 Alfred Hitchcock mystery
20 Air 21 Well-padded coat
22 Fictional Charles
23 Assert openly
25 1999 Garry Marshall comedy
29 They can be dangerous when split
30 Cabin-building items
31 Bussing on a bus, e.g., for short
34 Scandalous suffix
35 Conveyances on and off base
37 Silent type
38 “___ sells seashells …”
39 List for the forwardthinking
40 Like some oil and remarks
41 1933 James Whale sci-fi horror film, with “The”
44 Dutch master who painted “Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window”
47 Czech or Pole
48 Self-evident truth
49 Appealing to lascivious desires
53 Amorality … as suggested by 17-, 25and 41-Across?
56 “Rocks”
57 Mathematician John who discovered logarithms
58 Stationery shade
59 The shakes, for short
60 Former friend
61 Clog or pump
Down
1 Light amount?
2 Eponym of the world’s largest tennis stadium
3 Part of a film archive
4 August, e.g., but not May or June
5 One of the Gandhis
6 Contradict
7 Cruddy joint
8 Adán’s mate in la Biblia
9 Jerry’s partner in the frozen food aisle
10 Camera stabilizers
11 Shade in a desert landscape
12 Relatives of shallots
13 Crepes in Indian cuisine
18 Asserts openly
19 On base
23 Top hat, to a magician
24 Fixes wrongly?
25 Uses for wornout T-shirts
26 Geographical entity with six straight sides
27 Reminder to oneself, perhaps
28 Grace word
31 Coveted, as a position
32 “Anti-art” art movement
33 “Preach!”
35 Don’t you believe it!
36 Title meaning “commander”
37 Cracks
39 Sea creature resembling a flower
40 Santa ___, Calif.
41 “Don’t worry, everything’s fine”
42 Country that, according to its tourist bureau, has the highest number of museums per capita
43 Not sharp
44 Not yet expired, say
45 Spot-on
46 Chops finely
49 Dr. ___
50 Make a lasting impression
51 Builder of the Domus Aurea
52 Faithful
54 Copier option
55 Help in filing, maybe