The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Negative media coverage, in brief
6 Undergraduate’s declaration
11 Consumer protection org.
14 Open-air rooms
15 Olio di ___ (bread dip at a trattoria)
16 Water: Fr.
17 Marine inhabitant that’s an animal, not a plant, despite what it’s called
19 ___ de Triomphe
20 Tiny drink
21 Org. with missions to Mars
22 Put back in the suitcase
24 43,560 square feet
26 Nightclub
27 Angry shout to a miscreant
29 Prince who married Meghan Markle
32 Swollen mark 33 Garden tool with a long handle
34 Heed
35 Top Olympic prizes
37 Many a sacrifice play in baseball
38 Padre’s sister
39 Make do
40 Bar mitzvah reading
41 Sobriquet for Simón Bolívar
45 Actress Lohan of “Mean Girls”
46 Camrys and Corollas
50 Challenges for dry cleaners
51 Ares and Apollo, to Zeus
52 Insect that can carry up to 50 times its body weight
53 “Ready, ___, fire!”
54 Observation satellite
57 Service charge
58 Fictional detective Nero 59 Wide receiver ___ Beckham Jr.
60 Shape on a winding road
61 Peeved states
62 Blender setting
Down
1 Low opera voice
2 Had a homecooked meal
3 Curtain
4 Snapchat transmission, for short
5 Vulgar, as some humor 6 Dull brown, as hair
7 ___ mater
8 Triangular sail
9 Attire for the Mario Bros. or the Minions 10 Cheese-ontoast dish
11 Co-star of TV’s “Maude”
12 Only Spanish city to host the Olympics
13 Facial feature of Disney’s Goofy
18 Actor Elwes
23 Butter unit
25 Out of kilter
26 Fed a line to
28 What can barely give a hoot?
29 Place to store valuables when traveling
30 Skills
31 Shawn Carter for Jay-Z and Tracy Morrow for Ice-T
35 Be lenient with 36 Grand Ole ___
37 The Bronx or Brooklyn, informally
39 Employer of Norah O’Donnell
40 Place to buy gifts for kids
42 Ugandan tyrant ___ Amin
43 Makes amends (for)
44 “___ mention it!”
47 Electrified weapon
48 What a maxi dress reaches
49 Fashion
51 De-clump, as flour
55 Yale collegian
56 Yale URL ender