The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Schoolyard friend
9 Strolled
15 Abandon
16 Percussion item that’s shaken
17 Manufacturing of factory goods, e.g.
18 Victimize
19 Ace of spades or queen of hearts
20 Biblical twin of Jacob
22 Existence
23 Before, poetically
24 “___ Beso” (1962 Paul Anka hit)
25 Shared with, as a story
27 Sandwich often served with mayo
28 Connector between levels of a fire station
29 “I’m shocked!,” in a text
31 Religion based in Haifa, Israel
34 Sulk
35 Bothered state
36 “What goes up must come down,” e.g.
37 NPR host Shapiro
38 Big name in transmission repair 39 Young lady 40 U.S. sports org. with many prominent Korean champions
41 Gown
42 The Monkees’ “___ Believer”
43 Catch sight of
44 Org. in “Zero Dark Thirty”
45 Noted children’s research hospital
47 Actor Philip with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
48 Uncle ___ (patriotic figure)
51 Dragon in “The Hobbit”
52 Legendary queen and founder of Carthage 54 Change domiciles
55 Tasket’s partner in a nursery rhyme
57 Hazards for offshore swimmers
59 Go to
60 Faucet attachments
61 Writings of Ph.D. candidates
62 X-axis
Down
1 Y-axis 2 Moon-related 3 Tennis’s Agassi 4 “___ be surprised” 5 Greek M’s 6 Swear (to) 7 Middle part of the body 8 One-named Irish singer 9 Bit of concert equipment 10 Stone for a statue
11 One of over 200 recognized by the American Kennel Club
12 “I’m listening”
13 Subject of this puzzle
14 “Nuts!”
21 Golden state?
24 “Night” memoirist Wiesel
26 Cheer at a bullfight
27 Sacks
28 “___ and Bess”
30 Classic Pontiac sports cars
31 Much-visited Indonesian isle
32 “Father” of 13Down
33 Tries some food 34 Drew for an atlas
35 Singer Bareilles
38 Tennis score after deuce
40 ’60s hallucinogenic
43 Playwright O’Neill
44 Actress Priyanka who was 2000’s Miss World
46 Fakes out of position, as in football
47 Farewell
48 “Me too”
49 Prevent, as disaster
50 Complicated, as a divorce
51 “A.S.A.P.!”
53 Baghdad’s land
54 Baseball glove
56 Football scores, for short
58 Lie in the sun