The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Beginner, in lingo 5 Beaten via a referee’s decision, for short 9 Menial position 14 Words sung twice before “A pirate’s life for me” 15 Pint-size 16 Where the terminal dash in “Home Alone” takes place 17 Organized workers 19 Mythical lion’s home 20 Apt name for a worrier 21 One driving kids to a rink, say 23 “Roger that” 26 Sticking points? 27 Hindi for “reign” 28 Honor student’s pride, for short 29 Put up with 30 Accustoms (to) 32 Like planes and flags 33 Kind of lily 34 Fuel for a mustang? 35 Lucky hit for a Ping-Pong player 39 Non-starters 42 Successfully study 44 Impostor syndrome feeling 45 The Heat, on scoreboards 46 Catch 47 Prefix with sexual 48 Jailers … or a hint to “unlocking” four answers in this puzzle 50 Vie to get 52 Sound of a mouse pointer? 53 Skirt 54 She played Billie Jean King in 2017’s “Battle of the Sexes” 58 Formal decrees 59 “___ Creator Omnium” (ancient hymn) 60 Biblical son of Seth 61 Raring to go 62 Francis Drake and Ernest Shackleton, for two 63 Community served by Lambda Legal, in brief
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1 Sch. with the Elmer Holmes Bobst Library 2 Seemingly for-ever 3 Moonshine container 4 Plunder 5 “You shoulda kept that to yourself” 6 Stuffed Jewish dish 7 How some ballet is performed 8 ___ golf 9 Jordan Peele’s production company, named for a classic horror short story 10 Natives of the Great Plains 11 Like some signals and traffic 12 Their name has the “re” of “cream” and the two o’s from “chocolate” 13 Big smile 18 “Psst!” alternative 22 Certain high-fat, low-carb diet, informally 23 Treasures buried in the hills 24 Bob ___, cocreator of Batman 25 Photo ___ 29 Calculating 31 Purchases for a high-tech hobby 32 Peeps, so to speak 34 Solution to a bad hair day, maybe 36 1981 video game that featured the first appearance of Mario 37 Age, in a way 38 Moves out to sea 40 Thanksgiving 41 Gen-Z style with emo and anime influences 42 Go public with 43 Bugaboos 44 Boil down 45 Soothing sound 47 “___On Up” (“The Jeffersons” theme) 48 Marisa of “My Cousin Vinny” 49 ___ One (vodka brand) 50 Actress ___ Pinkett Smith 51 Gangbusters 55 Word with bad or smart 56 Head, slangily 57 The “e” of i.e.