NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Center of a

defense 16 One saying “We

can do it!” 17 Bavarian region that the Danube passes through 18 Brunch treat with egg and potatoes 19 Girl’s name that becomes a contraction when its first and last letters are switched 20 “Yes, ___” 21 It goes with the

flow 22 Caps preceder 23 What’s what in

Italy? 26 Org. that tracks baby name popularity 28 Briny 29 Give a dirty

look 32 Menu promise 34 Contacts in an

emergency 37 Subject of a museum in Richmond, Va., for short 40 Things a bartender strains to make 43 Hush- hush org. 44 Hush- hush org. 47 Rural call 48 Actress Benaderet who voiced Betty Rubble 50 Take up and hold, chemically 52 “Sick” 54 Raise the

volume? 55 Teddy, e. g. 60 Was completely

honest 61 Explain further 62 Some support

for local schools

Down

1 Has faith 2 Busy 3 Wikipedia

option 4 College near

Albany, N. Y. 5 Yesterday, in

Italy 6 Line of

additives 7 Ruler’s title from which the word “chess” is derived 8 Ultimate object,

to Aristotle 9 Popular cologne that shares its name with a literary character 10 Chemistry

concentrations 11 “___ is whatever distracts”: Kafka 12 Founder of Egypt’s first dynasty 13 Belief in a strong central government 14 Irks 15 Marker in the

woods 23 Run 24 Malediction 25 Opposite of fast 27 Santa ___ 30 Two semesters

abroad, maybe 31 Boy’s name repeated in a nursery rhyme 33 ___ whim 35 Wunderbar 36 Cadenza maker 37 Stores on a

farm 38 Not voiced, as the first “d” in “Wednesday” 39 Bach piece 41 Like Catalonia 42 Relating to the

moon 45 Ex ___ ( as a

favor, in law) 46 Ones getting

passed in a race 49 Alternative

form of a gene 51 European hotel

fixture 53 Inroads 54 Conference site 56 Stick fast 57 What’s yours in

Montréal? 58 Condoleezza Rice and Martin Luther King Jr., for two 59 “2012” actress

Amanda