NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 Romania and
Bulgaria, once 16 Frank Loesser
show tune 17 It might cover
an oil spill 18 Doing the
rounds? 19 Sporting goods chain with the slogan “Get outside yourself ” 20 Potsdam
pronoun 21 Peculiar: Prefix 22 Start-up
helper: Abbr. 24 Pace at
Pompano Park 26 Shoving
matches? 29 Relative of une
tulipe 31 “Frasier” role 33 Match cry 34 Pooh-pooh 38 “You’re
probably right” 40 Mojo 41 Sister co. of
Virgin 42 Middle square,
maybe 43 Sea of ___ (view from Crimea’s eastern coast) 45 Chart, in Cádiz 48 Sol mates? 50 Frost-covered 52 Crook’s place 54 Many activists’
concerns: Abbr. 56 One given up
for good? 61 “What a sight
for sore eyes!” 62 Its islands are not surrounded by water 63 Unease
Down
1 Some defensive weapons, in brief 2 “Love and Death on Long Island” novelist Gilbert 3 Lead-tin alloys 4 Unmarried, say 5 Activist Guinier 6 Some claims 7 “Cool, dude” 8 Many a backpacker, at night 9 62-Across option north of the border 10 Go a couple of
rounds 11 Preweighed, in
a way 12 Very rarely heard instruments 13 Long shift,
perhaps 14 Ending to
prefer? 15 Young or old
follower 23 Rich person’s
suffix? 25 Alternative to
.net 27 Rural parents 28 Cry of pleased
surprise 30 Songwriters Hall of Fame member who wrote “April Love” 32 Get-up-and-go 34 Doo-wop
syllable 35 Body part detecting odeurs 36 One getting rid
of possessions? 37 “Third Watch”
actress Texada 39 Hester Prynne
wore one 44 Labor Day
arrivals, e.g. 46 Conf. whose membership increased by two in 2011 47 Melodic 49 Not leave the
house 51 Prefix with
second 53 Sticks in the
brig? 55 Utah senator who co-sponsored a tariff act 56 Potential serial
material 57 “___ in Full” ( Tom Wolfe novel) 58 Security figure:
Abbr. 59 Abrupt
transition 60 Some picnic
supplies