New York Magazine

THE PICKLE PUZZLE

- By Malaika Handa

Across

1 Network that will air season six of “Rick and Morty” this fall

10 Place to pick up

Prosecco

11 “Don’t be weird!” 12 Actress Tara 13 Core groups? 14 Formal

16 Subbed for

21 Old letters? 23 Word on a moving

box, perhaps (abbr.) 24 Transition­s toward 26 Graffiti

27 Needs a

chaser, maybe

Down

1 Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, or Tony 2 Kitchen gadget that replaces a knife

3 Loosen

4 Gives temporaril­y 5 General with an eponymous Chinese dish

6 They might be trapped, neutered, and released

7 Space shared by twins 8 Retirement options, for short 9 “Braveheart” actor Gibson

15 Soft leather materials

17 Gives off

18 She sang alongside Ally, Normani, Lauren, and Camila in Fifth Harmony 19 “___ Boy” (English translatio­n of a manga called “Mighty Atom”) 20 “Severance” star Adam

21 Texas politician who loves punk music, familiarly 22 Word with Bear or hair

24 Drug used in

“Go Ask Alice” 25 “The ___ Beast” (animated

Netflix film)

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