The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Pair on a

schooner

6 Last in a series 9 It may be thrown by a vaquero 14 “Hurry with

your dinner!” 15 “Gotcha!”

16 Like an obelisk at night, maybe

17 Origin story in

Genesis 11:1-9 20 Colorful

language? 21 Radar gun stat,

for short 23 Parks carefully 24 Co. that launched the world’s first communications satellite 27 Part of 10-Down 29 Last in a series 30 World capital noted for its French colonial architecture 32 Geocaching necessity, in brief

35 “No ___” (“Unacceptable”) 36 Actor Hawke 37 Headstone

heading

38 1979 movie with the line “This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off” 39 Goes around 40 Legal position in municipal govt.

41 Like lead or

gold, notably 42 Mario Kart

platform 43 Tuber that can

be candied

44 A majority of the characters on TV’s “St. Elsewhere,” in brief 45 Neighbor of

India: Abbr. 47 Component in a car’s suspension system

50 “___, ___, it looks like rain!”: Christopher Robin

53 Big movie star,

e.g.

55 What professional tennis has been in since 1968 57 Where an important call may be directed 58 System that

ended in 1917 59 Purplish red 60 Weeks in Spain

Player at Citi Field

“That feels nice!”

Scientist who notably passed away on 33Down (2018) You might go on tiptoe while wearing this 5 Fungus-to-be 6 Celebratory

seasons

7 First digit of this puzzle’s subject, whose next four digits are the number of rows and then columns of the grid

B-ball

Apply, as sunscreen 10 Some craft

drafts, for short 11 Scientist who was notably born on 33Down (1879) 12 Make even 13 Home of the Braves, for short

18 New Deal org. 19 What some thank God for: Abbr.

1 2 3 4 8 9

DOWN

By Jeffrey Martinovic

21 Comedian and political commentator Bill

22 Who said “Courage is knowing what not to fear” 25 Carolina N.H.L.’ers, informally 26 Like the main character in many a horror film ... or so they believe 28 “Same here” 29 Mathematician known for the constant “e” (2.71828) 31 Require 32 Starting point for a slippery slope argument 33 An irrational reason to celebrate? 34 Captcha targets 35 One might center around being unprepared for a test 45 Something read by a chiromancer 46 Actress Shawkat of “Search Party” 48 Took a turn 49 Where the Chair of St. Peter can be found in St. Peter’s Basilica 51 ___ Major 52 Relatives of

berets

54 “Get it?”

56 Gun lobby

grp.

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