NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Lottery game originally played using Chinese characters
5 “___ Indahouse” (2002 comedy) 9 Bad lighting?
14 ___ Sea
15 Word before and after “a” 16 Back in 17 Hackathons and “Star Trek” conventions, say
19 Had in mind
20 Trial that might involve a monologue 22 Love, they say 23 When some people meet for lunch 24 Fuel-efficient option
26 Kind of housing aimed at low-income residents, in brief
27 Sydney’s home, for short
28 Locale for a lowing herd in Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” 30 Part that may be contracted 32 Actor Mortensen 34 Double-texted, say
35 “Actually, this is what we’re doing now …”
38 Present-day vehicle? 39 Half-human/ half-bird creature of myth
40 Some “bearded” dogs 42 Campsite org. 43 Bygone ___
46 Drill sound 47 Color akin to “driftwood”
49 Class or order 51 “___ of Dogs” (hit 2018 animated film) 53 Kids acting out? 55 Omega alternative 57 What might cover a lid
58 Like Mufasa, but not Nala, in “The Lion King” 59 What a kid drinks from
60 Apportion
61 Fuzzy finish
62 Brand of cooler 63 Hydrogen sulfide has a distinctive one
DOWN
1 Dwight Eisenhower, for one 2 Puts up 3 Come to a point? 4 Like days long past 5 “Couldn’t agree more!”
6 Where a whodunit may reveal “who done it”
7 Bury
8 Spill it!
9 Spot for a shot 10 Easily swayed person, metaphorically 11 Something a birthdate determines 12 Workers who must maintain a sterile environment, in brief
13 “Uh-oh”
18 Vibing with something 21 Go into the majors, say 25 Facial hair also known as a “mouche”
29 Ivory tower sort 31 Celebration over the end of W.W. II, informally 32 Colorado ski mecca
33 “Whoa!” 35 Fictional detective first seen in a 1964 film 36 A counselor may be at the end of one 37 Option for a vegetarian
38 Splits
41 Feeling of conviction 43 Gave off
44 “Mr. ___” (1983 Styx hit) 45 Something “Jeopardy!” gives you
48 Part of a check list?
50 Budget alternative
52 Just made, with “out”
54 Province in Piedmont 56 “Intimations of Immortality,” for one