The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 1962 #1 hit that the BBC once deemed “too morbid” to play 12 Supplements

supplier 15 First person

plural? 16 Friend of Lumpy the Heffalump 17 Highest bar? 18 Directional

suffix

19 Frosty the Snowman’s nose, for one 20 Like

Chicago, geographically 22 Meatless food

brand

23 Where some vets were based

25 They may be mild or minced

26 First indication 29 Makes out in

England 30 Comment made with eyes closed, perhaps 34 Quench 36 Shorthand at a

coffee shop 37 Talks smack

about

39 What may come as a relief ?

40 Does something accidentally, perhaps 42 “Don’t tell me what happens yet!”

44 Silly ones 46 Actress Smith of “Why Did I Get Married?” 47 Daredevil’s helmet attachment, maybe 48 Windows

portal

49 Genre for Blackpink or Red Velvet 53 Steak option for a pescatarian Lasting forever, once Comfy bit of footwear Inclination to prioritize new events over historical ones Monogram of 1964’s Nobel Peace laureate What a camera emoji in an Instagram caption often signifies 63 Things people

pay not to see 64 They know what you’re thinking 55 57 58 61 62

Toast opening? Sense of loathing “Swell!” University in central Florida Completely, after “in” 6 Actress Moriarty of “The Boys” 7 Something salted at a Mexican restaurant 8 Engineer/ astronaut Jemison 9 Something that’s dropped after it’s finished 10 Cashless deal 11 Creator of TV’s

“Fraggle Rock” 12 Unlikely comment from a sore loser 13 Guiding light 14 Markers used

in zigzag drills 21 County with 17 of New Mexico’s 25 highest peaks 23 “Swell!” 24 Validates, with

“to”

27 Last in a series

1 2

3 4

5

DOWN

By Scott Earl

28 Septet in a

carol

29 Waves away 30 Word with cap

or cream 31 Place to deliver

the goods 32 Ones long in

the tooth? 33 First network to broadcast a live session of the House of Representatives 35 Short records,

for short 38 Medical

research org. 41 Arrange 43 Locale for many a sunken boat

45 Early happy hour start time 47 Delta follows

it

48 Georgia city with the Tubman Museum 50 ___ parade 51 [We’re broadcasting! Don’t interrupt!] 52 Exterminators’

targets

54 Soft drink brand that sounds like a kind of sock

55 “___ homo” 56 Banks who coined the term “smizing” 59 Flight abbr. 60 Negative

connector