NY Times Puzzle No. 0120
ACROSS
It can cover all
1
the bases Rocks out?
5
Picks
10
On the safe
14
side, at sea Tom ___,
15
consigliere in “The Godfather” Choice in a
16
slumber party game Apologetic
17
comment from a dinner guest Lined up
20
Comebacks
21
Foul-smelling
22
One using a
24
bib, maybe Promising reply
25
Public house
26
___ support
27
Organization
29
with a strong track record? Grain stores
31
Take off in a
33
hurry
Neologize
34
A message
37
from the Pentagon might be in this Unimaginative
38
Smartphone, at
39
times
Orange soda
41
brand
Word with tie
42
or fly
Crystal object
45
featured in Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi,” the most expensive painting ever sold Appendectomy
46
sites, in brief
One purchasing
48
cigars, maybe What helps
50
you see the big picture? Two-___ (many
53
a sports car) Best-selling
54
Israeli author of “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” A Swiss Army
56
knife has many Bicker
57
Put one’s foot
58
down
Extra
59
Bee lines?
60
New Year’s Eve
61
song word
DOWN
Hummus ingredient Friends-andfamily
2 support group
Don’t forget
3
Jury members
4
Chinese
5
takeout staple Hip-hop duo
6
___ Sremmurd Petri dish
7
medium
“See?”
8
Easily attached,
9
in a way
Things a bettor
10
better know Quark or lepton
11
“Uh-huh, you
12
said it!”
Motion
13
detector, e.g.
1
59
PUZZLE BY ROBERT S. GREENFIELD
Play a mean
32
guitar, slangily Part for a
34
balding man? “Dejection” is a
35
famous one Goes over
36
again
Party
37
Get close
39
Grounds for a
40
fight
Retro phone
42
type
Penny candy
18
morsel since 1907
“That could
19
work!”
Splashy
23
display Go along for
28
the ride, say Letters that
30
shouldn’t be written big for air rescue (a single V or X is best)
“Wuthering
43
Heights” actress Merle ___
Insult
44
Real bore
47
Some bakers’
49
wares
Screen
51
It’s a long story
52
What many
55
air conditioners do