NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Along with Big Bird, role for puppeteer Caroll Spinney on “Sesame Street”
6 Fall fruit
10 ___ piece
14 Rental contract 15 Actress Fanning of “The Great” 16 Where Henrik Ibsen is buried 17 E.M.T.’S apparatus, informally 18 Alfresco drinking establishment 20 Seers?
21 Workplace, e.g. 22 Actress Fisher of “Eighth Grade”
23 Certain freestyle competition 25 Kind of error or attraction
26 Ones who couldn’t be further from the truth?
27 Ride that might have a hot tub 28 “There was no other choice!” 30 According to
31 Org. that is often referred to by just its first letter 35 Designer Anna 36 Pseudoscientific process hinted at by four squares in this puzzle
39 Poke bowl protein
40 URL opening
42 Illumination unit
43 Made out 45 Radiate
47 “If ___ Street Could Talk” (James Baldwin novel) 48 Reputation ruiner 50 Undergarment providing a lift 53 Blueprint bits 54 Authors
55 Persian suffix meaning “land” 56 Soda containers, in the Midwest 58 Bitten sharply 59 Vegetable sometimes called “ladies’ fingers”
60 Loomed?
61 Giraffe gatherings 62 Camp sight 63 Available
64 “… OK, maybe I was wrong”
DOWN
1 Less green, in a way 2 “Toodle-oo!” 3 Alternative to a latte or flat white
4 “To repeat …” 5 Talmudic honorific 6 Dangers
7 Grilled corn, as a Mexican street food 8 Plant with “teeth”
9 One may cry foul
10 Noodle, e.g.
11 Patriotic World Cup chant 12 Swing wildly and helplessly 13 Prow’s position 19 Play group? 21 Arrive nonchalantly 24 “Toodle-oo!” 25 Quality by which mattresses are classified 27 Harper who wrote “Go Set a Watchman” 28 Kinda
29 “Survivor” dwelling
30 Code for Sky Harbor Airport 32 Reverse course
33 Subject of the classic photo “Guerrillero Heroico” 34 Assistance 37 Word with clean or clear
38 “Mm-hmm”
41 Wool wear for winter
44 Group, as of stars
46 Waterfall effect 47 Dr. ___ Honeydew, Muppet partner of Beaker 48 Wheel part 49 Caterer’s container
50 Pet problem?
51 Complete stranger, in slang
52 Agita
53 Locate
54 Plunk (down) 57 First prime 58 “Yellowjackets” network, for short