NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Anteroom
6 Hit it off
11 Like some
cutting edges
13 Wore
14 Jumble of
speech
16 What no monarch wants to be
17 On, on a memo
18 Subdivisions for families
20 Go ___ to ___
21 Most states have state ones
23 A family’s might be unlimited
25 “It’s really difficult to underestimate you,” for one
27 Major turnoff, perhaps
29 Places where majors are of minor concern?
31 Indigenous Peoples’ Day mo.
34 Astronaut Jemison
35 “___ Beach,” acclaimed 1991 children’s book set in Harlem
36 Net hookup abbr.
37 Act of selfbetrayal
41 Pinched pasta 42 Most crafty
46 Ones breaking ground
48 Seesaw, e.g.
49 Sign of affection, in
28-Down
50 Really wants
52 “Sex after
90 is like trying to shoot pool with a ___”: George Burns
53 Alternative to
pinot grigio
55 Seems
acceptable
57 Basketball player in purple and yellow
58 German newsmagazine Der ___
59 Cuts, maybe
60 Seriousminded
DOWN
1 Who reinvented the wheel in 1893?
2 Ask someone to provide, informally
3 Praise for a queen
4 Slate, e.g.
5 Provoked
6 Something simple done for pleasure
7 World’s busiest origin and destination airport 8 Annual competition that starts on the first Saturday in March
9 Ones wearing eagle insignia
10 Take a ___
11 Late-night talk show from 2010 to 2021
12 Bird whose Latin root means “dog”
14 Amenity with a password
15 Hates
19 Mischiefmakers
22 Moshers in a mosh pit
24 Language spoken near the Thai region of Isan
26 One getting hitched
28 See 49-Across 30 What’s read in tasseomancy
31 “Down!”
32 Crazy amount
33 Dish with soy sauce and mirin
38 Klaatu’s vehicle in “The Day the Earth Stood Still”
39 Butterflies
40 Pan-fried dumplings
43 Called up
44 Flower part
45 It’s a long shot in basketball
47 Oozes
49 Key
51 Buttonhole, essentially
54 Apt rhyme for “pet”
56 Source of salt