The new york times crossword
Record label for Pink, SZA and H.E.R.
The “handsaw” in Hamlet’s “I know a hawk from a handsaw” 9 Song words preceding “his kiss”
14 They’re often caving, but not spelunking 16 Everybody’s
opposite 17 “That’s genius!” 18 Put off
19 Show of Force? 20 Attacked in a snowball fight
21 A popular nightclub might have one
22 Take risks 23 Rutabaga, for
one
26 “It’s all over for
us!”
29 Canine
protector
31 ___ system 32 Stage of metamorphosis 33 Syst. in which “Deaf Power” can be indicated by an open palm over one ear and the other hand forming a closed fist in the air 34 Couches 37 Hound
38 Toni Morrison
title
40 Andre Young
a.k.a. Dr. ___ 41 Architectural
finish
43 Foe-run land? 46 Unnaturally
white
47 Work through seven stages, say 1 4
ACROSS
48 Like holographic Pokémon cards
50 Takes it easy 51 Passage that might be a mess after a rainstorm 55 Kidney-related 56 Exonerating
words
57 Stand and
deliver?
58 “The Bachelor”
outing
59 Not natural, in a
way
60 Havens 61 Rubik’s Cube,
once
World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy, for short
Terse
Offshore
Starts off-key? ___-les-Bains, spa town on Lake Geneva 6 Amended, as a
map
7 Some Minecraft
blocks
8 Org. that advises on ransomware risk mitigation 9 Taking too much credit, say
10 Simple skating
jump
11 Release of a new product to a limited audience 12 “This relationship has been a bit overwhelming” 13 Many a Comic-Con attendee
15 ___ Renaissance
1 2 3 4 5
DOWN
By Sarah Sinclair and Rafael Musa
20 Vexes
22 Skara ___, Scottish site of Europe’s most complete Neolithic village
23 Ride 24 Pandemic health worker, say
25 Ones whose careers have turning points?
27 “The door’s
open!” 28 Attach
30 Some Best Buy
offerings 35 “Fair point” 36 High-value ones are called “unicorns”
39 “Has the meeting already begun?” 42 Account recovery need
44 Gave a hoot 45 Bugles
alternative 49 Lock horns 50 Cut down to
size, maybe 51 Bilingual girl of TV and film 52 “Frozen” figure 53 Princess in “A
Bug’s Life” 54 Not natural, in
a way
56 Many a humanitarian effort, in brief