The new york times crossword
ACROSS
1 Beginner, in
lingo
5 Beaten via a referee’s decision, for short
9 Menial
position 14 Words sung twice before “A pirate’s life for me” 15 Pint-size 16 Where the terminal dash in “Home Alone” takes place 17 Organized
workers 19 Mythical lion’s
home
20 Apt name for a
worrier
21 One driving kids to a rink,
say
23 “Roger that” 26 Sticking
points? 27 Hindi for
“reign” 28 Honor student’s pride, for short
29 Put up with 30 Accustoms
(to)
32 Like planes and
flags
33 Kind of lily 34 Fuel for a
mustang? 35 Lucky hit for a Ping-Pong
player 39 Non-starters 42 Successfully
study 44 Impostor syndrome feeling
45 The Heat, on
scoreboards 46 Catch
47 Prefix with
sexual 48 Jailers … or a hint to “unlocking” four answers in this puzzle 50 Vie to get 52 Sound of a mouse pointer? 53 Skirt
54 She played Billie Jean
King in 2017’s “Battle of the Sexes”
Formal
decrees
“___ Creator Omnium” (ancient hymn)
Biblical son of
Seth
Raring to go Francis Drake and Ernest Shackleton, for two Community served by Lambda Legal, in brief 58 59 60
61 62
63
DOWN
1 Sch. with the Elmer Holmes Bobst Library 2 Seemingly forev-er 3 Moonshine
container 4 Plunder
5 “You shoulda
kept that to yourself” 6 Stuffed Jewish
dish
7 How some ballet is performed 8 ___ golf 9 Jordan Peele’s production company, named for a classic horror short story 10 Natives of the
Great Plains 11 Like some signals and traffic
12 Their name has the “re” of “cream” and the two o’s from “chocolate” 13 Big smile 18 “Psst!”
alternative 22 Certain high-fat, low-carb diet, informally 23 Treasures buried in the hills
24 Bob ___, co-creator of
Batman 25 Photo ___ 29 Calculating 31 Purchases for a high-tech hobby 32 Peeps, so to
speak 34 Solution to a bad hair day, maybe 36 1981 video
game that featured the first appearance of Mario
37 Age, in a way 38 Moves out to
sea 40 Thanksgiving 41 Gen-Z style with emo and anime influences 42 Go public with 43 Bugaboos 44 Boil down 45 Soothing
sound
47 “___ On
Up” (“The Jeffersons” theme) 48 Marisa of “My
Cousin Vinny” 49 ___ One
(vodka brand) 50 Actress ___
Pinkett Smith 51 Gangbusters 55 Word with bad
or smart 56 Head, slangily 57 The “e” of i.e.