NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Breakout company of the 1970s
6 What 7-Down is pig Latin for
9 Unpopular worker
13 What often has Fox, but not FX
16 Machete-like knife
17 Comment upon calling back
18 “Ma Belle ___” (1970 #5 hit)
19 Pics on pecs, say
20 Rogers of old westerns
21 Employment history
23 One of two
25 ___ Hall, former “Today” host with a selftitled daytime talk show
26 “Well, my comment sure sounds dumb now ...”
30 Area around the mouth
31 Blows wildly
32 Tooth driller’s deg.
35 God often represented as a beautiful winged youth 36 Falafel shop stock
37 Prohibition of Leviticus 11
38 Not forward 39 It looks better with curls
40 “You must be dreaming”
41 Remark from one who gets a round
44 Judged to be
45 Retirement plan, informally
46 Strip
47 World’s busiest airport: Abbr.
48 Sound of an unsuccessful attempt at stone skimming
52 French liqueur flavoring
53 Cry after pulling a prank
56 Liquid weapon, or a solid one
57 Sole proprietors? 58 Dishes served in the final scene of “Titus Andronicus”
59 Cards, say
60 Coffer, e.g.
DOWN
1 Some
2 “Cheerio!”
3 One who helps out briefly?
4 Acoustic flourishes during a comic’s set
5 Something can’t be neat if you add this
6 Motley skill set
7 Where a town in Wyoming was once sold (for $900,000) 8 Man found within state lines?
9 Uno alternative
10 Daytime TV catchphrase
11 Xenomorph, more familiarly
12 Dutch for “farmer”
14 Eric ___, author of “The Very Lonely Firefly”
15 Wraps up
22 First Hebrew prophet to have a biblical book named for him
24 Lead-in to a street name, perhaps
25 Fun times between the sheets?
26 Impression
27 Feudal underling
28 Red herring, for one
29 Hall of fame collaborator?
33 1/8 oz.
34 Isle along the Sound of Sleat
36 They’re broken just for fun
37 Dismiss
39 Stack at a T.S.A. checkpoint
40 Bun holder
42 Candy brand with autumncolored packaging
43 Takes a turn, in a way
44 Land between the Gulfs of Aqaba and Suez
46 Still not done in the dryer, say
47 M.L.B. all-time leader in grand slams (25), informally 49 Legends
50 Cries during a match
51 Secret indication
54 It’s written as a vertical line bisecting a circle
55 Org. with trust issues?