NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 Directive for the
board
10 No big shot 13 Popular pubs for
college grads 15 Finger-point? 16 Footwear with a
sturdy toe 17 Something
about you 18 “Suitable for all
ages” rating 19 Non-beef steak
option
20 Pass quickly 22 Spots
24 Young point of
one’s life
27 Some damning
legal evidence 30 Enter gradually 33 With 53-Down, article of closefitting attire 34 State that many are in when they visit a national park
35 Chairs, for
instance 37 Condition treated in speech therapy 40 Neighbor of the patellar tendon, in brief
41 ___ gun (sci-fi
weapon)
43 Gives a rude
awakening 44 “Until next time!” 48 Fatal attraction? 49 “Need a ___?” 53 Octave follower in a Petrarchan sonnet
54 Many a prof 56 “Springtime With ___” (2004 Disney adaptation) 57 Quaint word whose syllables rhyme with consecutive numbers 58 Staying vigilant 62 Logo, often 63 Sign to turn back 64 Top ___ 65 Something wonderful, with “the”
Down
1 Flits
2 Fruit popular in salads, but not fruit salads 3 Light
encouragement 4 “Just stop
talking!”
5 Home to Sicily’s Castello di Lombardia 6 “Ni-i-ice!” 7 Alternative to Lunesta or Quviviq
8 “Saint”
elsewhere 9 Self-care
essential?
10 It’s played with a
few strings
11 Art of cutting
cards? 12 Move left … right … left … right … 14 Ones spreading the gospel through rap music or graffiti 15 Big export of Ecuador and Nigeria
21 Story line 23 Went quickly 25 Start of many
colonial titles 26 Actress de Matteo of “The Sopranos”
28 Go quickly 29 Mares, e.g. 30 Valley where David fought Goliath 31 Characteristic of a wild time or a coming decline 32 Onetime capital of the sovereign Republic of Texas 36 Santa’s coat? 38 Sugar
substitute? 39 Novelist Jean 42 “O fairest beauty, do not fear ___ fly!”: “Henry VI, Part I”
45 Shirley of
“Goldfinger” 46 Had a date,
maybe
47 Pal of
Scooby-Doo 50 Dunne of classic screwball comedies 51 Might
52 “Yeah, def” 53 See 33-Across 55 Like some humor and chocolate 59 Noggin 60 Three-way
intersection 61 Company
connection inits.