NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 It can cover all
the bases
5 Rocks out?
10 Picks
14 On the safe
side, at sea
15 Tom ___, consigliere in “The Godfather”
16 Choice in a slumber party game
17 Apologetic comment from a dinner guest 20 Lined up
21 Comebacks
22 Foul-smelling
24 One using a bib,
maybe
25 Promising reply 26 Public house
27 ___ support
29 Organization with a strong track record?
31 Grain stores
33 Take off in a
hurry
34 Neologize
37 A message from the Pentagon might be in this 38 Unimaginative 39 Smartphone, at
times
41 Orange soda
brand
42 Word with tie
or fly 45 Crystal object featured in Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi,” the most expensive painting ever sold
46 Appendectomy
sites, in brief
48 One purchasing
cigars, maybe 50 What helps you see the big picture?
53 Two-___ (many
a sports car)
54 Best-selling Israeli author of “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind”
56 A Swiss Army
knife has many 57 Bicker
58 Put one’s foot
down
59 Extra
60 Bee lines?
61 New Year’s Eve
song word
DOWN
1 Hummus
ingredient
2 Friends-andfamily support group
3 Don’t forget
4 Jury members
5 Chinese takeout
staple
6 Hip-hop duo ___
Sremmurd 7 Petri dish
medium
8 “See?”
9 Easily attached,
in a way
10 Things a bettor
better know
11 Quark or lepton 12 “Uh-huh, you
said it!”
13 Motion detector,
e.g.
18 Penny candy morsel since 1907
19 “That could
work!”
23 Splashy display 28 Go along for the
ride, say
30 Letters that shouldn’t be written big for air rescue (a single V or X is best)
32 Play a mean
guitar, slangily 34 Part for a
balding man? 35 “Dejection” is a
famous one
36 Goes over again 37 Party
39 Get close
40 Grounds for a
fight
42 Retro phone
type
43 “Wuthering Heights” actress Merle ___
44 Insult
47 Real bore
49 Some bakers’
wares
51 Screen
52 It’s a long story 55 What many air
conditioners do