NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Author of “The Witches” and “The Twits” 5 One might be raised by a skeptic

9 Energy sources,

of a sort

14 Side opposite 41-Across in a sci-fi clash 16 Bedizen 17 Worked on together 18 Event whose organizers are concerned with brand recognition? 19 Grate stuff 20 “Live” co-host beginning in 2001

21 Precommencement activity 22 Skills that not many people know about 25 Steals, slangily 27 Keep off the court?

28 Sticks in water 29 Symbol of San

Francisco 33 Promises 37 British pop star who sang 2012’s “R.I.P.”

38 A.F.C. South

squad

40 Leak proof? 41 See 14-Across 43 Patches, say

Down

1 “Star Trek” character played by 12-Down 2 “That’s the way the cookie crumbles” 3 Place for the self-righteous, metaphorically 4 ___ slip 5 Traditional feature of a Hindu bride 6 A.D.A.-compliant,

in a way 7 Expansive

8 Bond

9 First supermodel to produce her own posters and calendars 10 Page-previewing

program

44 School science project involving a vegetable and a voltmeter 48 Faces of the internet? 49 Organic fuel 50 Barb

53 In a relationship 54 Aria, e.g. 56 “Done!” 57 What takes all types? 58 Removes from the mound, in baseball lingo 59 What “M” and “F” are both short for

60 Harper of “No Country for Old Men”

11 “The Age of Bronze” artist 12 Actor Spiner 13 Busses near Paddington Station? 15 Certain school clique 21 Literally, “my master”

23 “So sorry, that was totally the wrong thing to say!” 24 Bolshevik’s foe 25 Main ingredient in the curry dish kosha mangsho 26 Curling target 30 Groaner

31 Like most of Mars 32 Freestyles, perhaps 34 Shticks

35 “___ World” (“Sesame Street” segment)

36 Crack, so to speak 39 Stir-fry ingredient 42 Unrelenting 43 Used as a rendezvous point 44 Insignificant 45 Birthplace of Malcolm X 46 Unit of cryptocurrency 47 Adjusts to zero, in a way 51 They might be tapped out 52 Lizzo title lyric repeated three times before “Make a girl go crazy” 54 “How ___ …” 55 What curly brackets denote, in mathematics