NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 Carne ___ taco
6 Ski mountain transport
10 Hairdo
14 Substance used by gymnasts and cellists
15 Major or Minor in astronomy?
16 Cry just before the guest of honor arrives at a surprise party
17 Staged, as a disappearance
18 The country music industry
20 The lobbying industry
22 So far
23 Blog message
24 Like facts, but not fiction
26 The high-tech industry
31 Valuable violin, informally
32 Leave out
33 Japanese honorific
35 Ja’s opposite
36 Banksy’s “Girl With Balloon,” e.g.
38 Low-ranking NCOs
39 Office linkup letters
40 Vegan protein source
41 Think “OMG! OMG!”
42 The advertising industry
46 Makes a choice
47 Ancient Roman statesman known as “the Censor”
48 Rocky outcrops
51 The automotive industry
54 The film industry
57 More bizarre
59 Actress Fanning
60 Carmaker with a four-ring logo
61 Conceal
62 National symbol
63 Put on display, with “out”
64 Friend of Forman and Fez on “That ’70s Show”
Down
1 Sound from a little dog
2 Marinate, e.g.
3 Shows curiosity
4 Nutritionist’s offering
5 Smartphone operating system with the biggest market share
6 Find on the
radio dial
7 Sitter’s handful
8 Ninny
9 Encouraging word
10 Sculptor’s tool
11 Like canned sardines and olives, typically
12 Just twiddling one’s thumbs
13 Three in a yard
19 Strongroom
21 “Emergency” keyboard key
24 Rating for non-kid shows
25 Train travel
26 Use a rice cooker, e.g.
27 Olympic figure skater Slutskaya
28 Like some tights and baseball games
29 College sports channel
30 New Haven Ivy Leaguer
31 NBC weekend skit show, for short
34 Situation Room
grp.
36 Not quite all
37 Alien transports
38 Make out
40 A bit lit
41 Gag gift in a ventilated box
43 Fairway challenge
44 Scored 100 on an exam
45 Brewery fixture
48 Sous-___
49 Get moving, casually
50 Spaghetti ___ carbonara
51 Chowderhead
52 “White Wedding” singer Billy
53 Oolong and Darjeeling
55 Angkor ___ (Cambodian temple)
56 Fox drama “___
Kind of People”
58 Onetime movie studio rival of MGM