The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Bud
4 Tow truck
destination 10 Puts a lid on 14 ___ carte
menu
15 Widely recognized, as a symbol 16 Butter
alternative 17 “Truthfully …” 20 The “L” of
L.P.G.A.
21 ___ biloba (ornamental tree with a widely used extract) 22 Trains at a high
level?
23 Hot dog
25 Irish laddie 27 1953 title role for John Wayne 28 Captain in a
whale of a tale? 32 Mimic 33 Comedian Sahl 34 Grammatical
case in Latin 36 Secure a seat
at the table, say 39 Emily who
wrote
“Wuthering Heights” 40 Univ. of Maryland athlete
41 ___ stop (chance to refuel) 42 Golfers don’t want to go into it
43 Prepare to break a peace treaty, perhaps 45 Mr. in a Robert Louis Stevenson story 46 Emulate Mr.
Clean, in a way 48 Mars or Jupiter 49 Butt-Head’s
sidekick 51 More ghostly 54 “Hurry up!” 57 Leaf
(through) 58 Home to Slovenia and Slovakia 59 Royal irritant in
a fairy tale 60 Makes into a
knot
61 Brings into
being 62 Hankering
Down
1 Item on a
bucket list? 2 ___ Romeo
(Italian auto) 3 Got a look at 4 Cutting
remarks
5 High or low
cards
6 Louis XIV, par
exemple
7 ___ Taylor
(clothier) 8 Played a couple of sets at a jazz club, say 9 Starfish or sea urchin, in a biology text 10 “Major props
to you!” 11 Fashion model
Wek
12 100 centavos 13 Barfly
18 Venus de ___ 19 1
23 Had on 24 Counting
everything 25 Cutting
remarks 26 John Adams’s “Nixon in China,” for one 27 Futuristic modes of transport 29 New-Agey,
slangily 30 Dodge
31 “___ Davis Eyes” (Kim Carnes hit of 1981)
33 “The A-Team” actor with a mohawk 35 African
serpent 37 Chess match
finales
38 Brainy oddball 44 Slacken 45 Group wedding
dance 47 Laboratory
eggs
48 Cute reply to “Why are you so cute?”
49 ___ B’rith (Jewish organization) 50 Leg up
51 TV network that organizes the X Games 52 Fencing
option
53 TV host
Seacrest 54 Missing letters in “??propria?e” (felicitously) 55 Savings plan with SEP and SIMPLE versions 56 Pull along