The new york times crossword
ACROSS
1 Tibetan monk 5 On the ___
(fleeing) 8 Something caught in a theater 13 Bajillions 14 Emotion that may be pent up
15 Saoirse of
“Lady Bird” 16 Famous fighting words
19 Highmaintenance star 20 Spiritual leader who rides in a customized car 21 Musician
Bartók or Fleck 22 Took to court 23 Item made of ingredients grown without pesticides 29 Good number
to shoot for 30 As well 31 “Tightrope”
singer Janelle 32 They’s pronoun
partner 34 Uberfan, in
modern lingo 37 Machines that remove cotton seeds 38 “Honestly,
though …” 40 Web crawler,
of a sort
42 Up to,
informally 43 Color-matching puzzle game with billions of downloads 47 Acronym for a champion among champions 48 100 cents 49 “Mind ...
blown!”
53 “My Sister’s Keeper” author Picoult 54 Travel crosscountry … or a description of what 16-, 23and 43-Across do? 58 Sch. founded by Ben Franklin 59 Old “You’ve got mail” sloganeer 60 Radio dial 61 Good thing to have on the books
62 Pick up 63 “Neither rain nor snow …” org.
DOWN
1 Hammurabi’s area of expertise 2 Chicken ___
king 3 Misunderstood song lyric like “’Scuse me while I kiss this guy”
4 Hun from whom
Dracula claims to be descended, in Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”
5 Pop star Dua
___
6 Horror director
Aster 7 Rendezvous
(with)
8 Battle cry in
“Braveheart” 9 Roller coaster
feature 10 What is offered when you call 411
11 Overly theatrical, as a B-movie 12 Part of pants that may be well worn 17 ___-garde 18 “Clueless”
protagonist 21 Hindu god of
creation 22 Ewan
McGregor or Craig Ferguson, by birth
23 That’s some
nerve!
24 Siri’s
platform
By Taylor Johnson and Jeff Chen
25 Jackapoo or
schnoodle 26 Christians who don’t believe in the Trinity 27 “Are we done
here?” 28 Scientist on one side of the “War of the Currents” 33 Fuming 35 Share a border with
36 Votes
against 39 Lawrence Taylor, for all his N.F.L. career, in brief 41 Teen drama that inspired “Laguna Beach”
44 Pulls a fast one
on
45 Motley 46 Puzzle craze of
2006
49 The rain in
Spain? 50 Brooms : Roombas ::
___ : Scoobas 51 “Pocket rockets,” in poker
52 The “Z” of ZIP
code
53 Cola brand with a lightning bolt in its logo
55 Single
digit?
56 Soak
(up) 57 Onetime network for Conan O’Brien
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