The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Brand of

headphones 11 Sellers of

buckets 15 Brought

about 16 Smooth 17 Annual fashion event since 1948

18 ___ torch

19 Put in the

trash

20 One hanging around in a deli?

22 Queen Elizabeth spells her name with one 23 Romanian currency units

24 Use Venmo,

say

25 Mozart’s “Le

___ di Figaro” 27 Imprecise

stats: Abbr. 29 File folder part 30 One taking a

survey

31 Taking on a new identity, in a way 34 Once-standard subject no longer taught in most schools 36 “That must be

the case” 37 One of 32 for

Beethoven 39 Harmless 40 Daytime star 41 Temper tantrum outbursts

45 To whom “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” is sung

46 Abbr. on old

Eurasian maps 47 Play-___ 48 Health abbr. 49 Measure the

length of again 52 Game in which it’s illegal to play lefthanded 53 Crushed cacao beans used to make chocolate 55 Leave one’s drawers in the drawer, say 57 Posthuman race of literature 58 Secret society invoked in many conspiracy theories 59 Match up 60 Participates in

combat

Down

1 Fifth place? 2 Offers a similar

opinion to 3 Nails a test 4 Hats in the

Highlands 5 Navigation

abbr.

6 Parts of an “S.N.L.” audition 7 Athleisure wear 8 Police department resources 9 Something no one person can run 10 Eponymous

Dutch town 11 Baby skunk 12 Makes curly 13 Soda debut

of 2005 14 Baseball Hall-of-Famer Duke

21 Privy to a practical joke, say 26 “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch,” e.g. 28 Tough situation 29 Something to do to a shoulder or the brakes 30 Corolla

part 32 Someone who’s really too good to be competing 33 Hu-u-uge 34 With alacrity 35 Seller of calorific pastries 38 Anvil, hammer or stirrup 39 James F. ___, Truman secretary of state 42 God, in

Hebrew 43 Maintain, as

standards 44 Sure winner 46 Fancy

wrap 50 Protection:

Var.

51 Stone that’s

cast

52 Gasp 54 Word usually written in brackets 56 ___ drop