NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Tea with tapioca pearls
5 Tear to bits 10 Syringe amts. 13 Anthony Hopkins’s role in “Thor” 14 France’s longest river
15 Something to draw names out of
16 Flaw in an argument 19 Inventor David Aguilar built a fully functional prosthetic one from Legos
20 “My treat!”
21 ___ Sea, body of water between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan 22 “August:
___ County” (Pulitzerwinning play) 24 Walk quietly 26 Void
28 On the briny 29 Weightlifting item for a biceps routine 33 AOL competitor 34 Messy living area
37 French friend 38 “I love you,” in Spanish
40 Toad’s kid-lit pal
41 Many a beverage ending in
“-ade”
45 Lose rigidity 48 Trophy or medal
49 Abbr. at the end of a list of authors
50 Marbled loaves 51 Queen’s pawn? 54 Spring-loaded office device ... or a collective hint to 16-,
26-, 34- and 41-Across
58 Cry that’s a homophone (and anagram) of 55-Down 59 Meat skewer 60 Sign of past stitches, perhaps
61 Simon & Garfunkel’s “___ Robinson” 62 Georgia school said to be one of the “Southern Ivies”
63 Fellow bringing a dozen roses, maybe
DOWN
1 Cattle-catching weapon
2 Strong smell 3 Eagerly awaited occasion
4 What “their” is spelled with, but not “there” or “they’re” 5 Like “b-boy” or “my b”
6 “A Study in Scarlet” detective 7 Widespread 8 Notable time period
9 Director Guillermo ___ Toro
10 Reach the Billboard Hot 100, e.g. 11 Chocolate source 12 Something that editors and clothing designers are concerned with 17 Cold weather wear
18 Folded part of a 17-Down
23 Place for a wax 24 Like a tightrope, ideally
25 Flo Rida hit with the lyric “Champagne buckets still got two tears in it” 26 Standard Oil offshoot 27 Windows runners 28 Comedian Sedaris
30 Where to swing your partner ‘round and ‘round
31 Bad way to run 32 Equip for sailing
34 Eggplant ___ (Italian dish, familiarly)
35 “It’s my turn!” 36 “There but for the grace of God ___”
39 Use Turbotax, e.g.
40 Silver ___ (tree of the Alps) 42 Swift to fill a concert hall? 43 Dorky
44 Scratchy voice quality
45 “Don’t let those people escape!” 46 Catchall survey option
47 Birds that sing extravagant melodies
50 Prefix meaning “automated” 52 Final Four org. 53 No ___ Traffic 55 Barely manage, with “out” 56 Theatrical sort 57 Kind of port seen at airport kiosks