NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 Salted part of a margarita glass
4 Wolf (down)
9 Clamp on a stringed instrument
13 Be in the red
14 Sorry sort
15 Said aloud
16 Droop
17 With 55-Across, modern principle of start- ups
19 Holding account for a down payment, say
21 Tolkien tree creature
22 ___ Thermopolis, Anne Hathaway’s role in “The Princess Diaries”
23 Host’s farewell phrase
27 Multitasker’s browserful
28 Helpful connections
29 ___ the Riveter, W.W. II icon
30 Brouhaha
31 Shoe part that may develop holes
33 Reddit Q&A session
34 TV political drama known for its “walk and talks”
38 Epitome of slipperiness
39 Typical high schooler
40 Female sheep
43 Faith of Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib
46 Go on the ___ (flee)
47 Pantyhose annoyance
48 “Never would have guessed it!”
52 Grabbed a chair
53 Openly gay
54 Make harmonious
55 See 17-Across … or a hint to 23-, 34- and 48-Across 59 Glum
60 “If it ___ broke, don’t fix it”
61 “Normal People” author Sally
62 Impetus behind bragging
63 Mediterranean fruit
64 British bottoms
65 Anderson Cooper, to Gloria Vanderbilt
Down
1 ___ Stone (British Museum attraction)
2 “They got me!”
3 “The Princess Diaries” author
4 Puts in the overhead bin, say
5 Thanksgiving mo.
6 Chemical ending
7 Directs, as to a specialist
8 Swiss currency
9 Cause for an extra charge at a hotel
10 One of the Three Musketeers
11 Italian pressed sandwich
12 “Ripe” time of one’s life
14 All over the place
18 Enter with hostility
20 E.R. staffers
24 Tend to, as taxes or fingernails
25 What a budget motel might have
26 Complain
31 “Looks fine to me”
32 Bird in Tootsie Pop commercials since 1970
33 Feeling of astonishment
35 Warmth
36 Mall Santa, e.g.
37 Brainiacs
41 “Should we bounce?”
42 Goaded
43 “Oh, not good at all”
44 “The way,” in Arabic
45 Like variables that are not directly observed
46 Lex of “Superman”
47 Concorde, e.g., in brief
49 Kama ___
50 Shows explosive anger
51 ___-bitsy
56 Supped
57 iPhone platform
58 Opposite of SSW