NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Do some digging 6 “Good joke!” 10 Phishing scheme, e.g.

14 City whose cathedral is the subject of a series of Monet paintings 15 “Good gravy!” 16 Target of the U.S.backed Radio Martí 17 Exuded

18 Was afraid of losing 20 Pre-22-Across 22 Go for a stroll 23 Indian bread 24 One who gets booked, informally 26 Pre-29-Across 29 Subject in acting school 32 Features of leopards 33 Noted family of German composers 34 Ceiling 36 Some Craigslist listings: Abbr. 37 Red Scare epithet 38 Animal also called a Nittany lion

39 ’70s rock? 40 Some Spanish

murals

41 Bud of baseball 42 Pre-44-Across 44 Job in a monastery 45 Inauguration recitation 46 Enjoy a nice long bath 47 Pre-50-Across 50 How emotionally developed people handle things

54 One cabinet in a kitchen, typically 56 Douglas ___, author of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”

58 ___ boots

59 Pod creature 60 Regal maker 61 Flabbergast 62 “All right already!” 63 Skunk’s defense

Down

1 Positive 2 Thatcher’s creation 3 Anise-flavored liqueur

4 Bar snack 5 Causes (oneself ) to be cherished 6 Long-beaked bird

7 Soup thickener 8 Doesn’t just choose randomly 9 Autoplaying annoyances, sometimes 10 Dish that can give you garlic breath

11 Park place? 12 Ferrara who directed “King of New York” 13 Wasn’t late for 19 Supermarket aids 21 Extremely, informally 25 Auto-reply? 26 “Stat!” 27 Increased 28 The Teflon Don 29 Virgil’s fellow traveler 30 Eyelike openings 31 Desert in southern Africa 33 Prominent Gorbachev feature

35 Part of a website 37 Scotch flavorer 38 Suddenly got excited 40 Hotel sojourns 41 Pharaonic symbols

43 ___ Whitehead, author of the 2017 Pulitzerwinning novel “The Underground Railroad” 44 Tiny amount 46 Brunch partner of 47-Down 47 Brunch partner of 46-Down 48 Very often 49 Italian word with a grave accent that becomes a brand name with an acute accent 51 With the bow, in music 52 Where a supervillain schemes

53 Gay anthem of 1978 55 Romantically pursue 57 Where a telescope points