The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 No-brainer?
7 Seabird that can be tufted or horned
13 Words that might be followed by “Hear! Hear!”
14 Pepper with a “delayed fuse”
15 Toy that’s not really a toy?
16 Lost at strip poker
17 It has triangular blades
18 Susceptible to burning, in a way
19 Hot ___
20 Not needing to work
23 Half a laugh
25 Herd : buffalo :: bob : ___
26 Good name for a gallery owner
30 Call from a server, maybe
32 “Oversharing alert!”
33 Flies like flies
34 Statement from someone you should probably respond to with skepticism
37 Fertile Crescent feeder
38 Most common evening for “Dateline NBC” during its three-decade run: Abbr.
39 It has a triangular blade
40 Like Staten Island on a New York City subway map
41 Campus noob
43 Abbr. on a paper tray
44 Oxford English Dictionary’s Word of the Year in 2022, describing an unapologetically selfindulgent state
47 Get high
50 Thinks of with buyer’s remorse, say
51 Acquisition in Monopoly
54 Snack crackers since 1921
56 Legacy competitor
57 Publicity, of a sort
58 “Sure … I guess”
59 Gives a leg up
60 Foraged delicacies
Down
1 Irradiates
2 Platte Valley people
3 They might go to extremes
4 One means of gaining access
5 Much of Tonga
6 Bastille Day saison
7 Eponymous German bacteriologist
8 Mantel piece
9 Cinematic specification
10 Phony
11 Agnes, in Argentina
12 Quick greetings
14 Gets dirty
16 Top-selling concession item at San Francisco’s Oracle Park
18 Gets in a lather
21 Some Greek cheeses
22 Fuss (over)
23 The world’s first Black-led republic
24 Replying to emails, scheduling meetings, etc., informally
27 Shocked reaction
28 “Just the check”
29 Perfume part
31 “I’d do it again!”
33 Quake
35 Nickname that can be a diminutive of a family member
36 Smooths, as silk
41 Alternative to a tulip glass
42 Holiday cheer?
45 They may be held during the national anthem
46 Giving sort
47 One crossing the line
48 Reds state
49 Bubbly chocolate bar brand 52 Shorthand for unnamed coauthors
53 Macaulay’s “___ of Ancient Rome”
55 Unwanted spot, informally
56 Grand total