NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Getting close 5 Having obligations 11 Antiquated 14 Making a crossing, maybe 15 Not so savvy about the ways of the world 16 Top of an outfit, for short? 17 1938 Alfred Hitchcock mystery

20 Air 21 Well-padded coat 22 Fictional Charles 23 Assert openly 25 1999 Garry Marshall comedy 29 They can be dangerous when split 30 Cabin-building items 31 Bussing on a bus, e.g., for short 34 Scandalous suffix 35 Conveyances on and off base 37 Silent type 38 “___ sells

seashells …” 39 List for the

forward-thinking 40 Like some oil

and remarks 41 1933 James Whale sci-fi horror film, with “The” 44 Dutch master who painted “Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window” 47 Czech or Pole 48 Self-evident truth 49 Appealing to lascivious desires 53 Amorality … as suggested by 17-, 25- and 41-Across? 56 “Rocks” 57 Mathematician John who discovered logarithms 58 Stationery shade 59 The shakes, for short

60 Former friend 61 Clog or pump

Down

1 Light amount? 2 Eponym of the world’s largest tennis stadium 3 Part of a film archive 4 August, e.g., but not May or June 5 One of the

Gandhis 6 Contradict 7 Cruddy joint 8 Adán’s mate in la

Biblia

9 Jerry’s partner in the frozen food aisle

10 Camera

stabilizers 11 Shade in a desert

landscape 12 Relatives of

shallots

13 Crepes in Indian cuisine 18 Asserts openly 19 On base 23 Top hat, to a

magician

24 Fixes wrongly? 25 Uses for wornout T-shirts

26 Geographical entity with six straight sides 27 Reminder to oneself, perhaps 28 Grace word 31 Coveted, as a position 32 “Anti-art” art movement 33 “Preach!” 35 Don’t you believe it! 36 Title meaning “commander” 37 Cracks 39 Sea creature resembling a flower 40 Santa ___, Calif. 41 “Don’t worry, everything’s fine” 42 Country that, according to its tourist bureau, has the highest

number of museums per

capita 43 Not sharp 44 Not yet expired,

say

45 Spot-on 46 Chops finely 49 Dr. ___ 50 Make a lasting impression

51 Builder of the

Domus Aurea

52 Faithful 54 Copier option 55 Help in filing, maybe