The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Shoestrings
6 Cook in oil 9 Brewing giant originally based in Milwaukee 14 Roofing alternative to shingles 15 Whopper (but not the Burger King kind) 16 Hawaiian greeting 17 Extremely inexpensive 19 Things sometimes hidden behind paintings 20 Extinguish, as a fire 21 Cost of a bank transaction that’s not with one’s own bank 22 Confucian philosophy 24 Bottom-up, as a political movement
26 Runs away to marry 29 Like some winter highways
30 Perfect test grade 31 New Testament trio 33 Pop a fly?
37 “Now things are getting interesting” ... or a hint to the first words of 17-, 24-, 45- and 57-Across 40 Gilbert of “Roseanne” and “The Conners” 41 Knots
42 Ship of 1492
43 High degree
44 Bub 45 Amateurish
51 GPS lines: abbr. 52 Going from gig to gig 53 Texas city seen in many westerns 56 Hatred
57 Bars that kids go to? 60 Get a feeling
61 Iraq War danger, in brief 62 One of the Hawaiian
Islands
63 Parts of a forest 64 “Here’s something
interesting,” in brief 65 Got some zzz
DOWN
1 Timothy Leary’s drug 2 “The Greatest” in the ring
3 One who doesn’t travel to work alone 4 “___, Brute!” 5 Religious offshoot 6 ___-de-lis 7 Cowboy’s rope 8 Informal affirmative 9 Danish or cream puff 10 Avis competitor 11 Highly successful, in theaterspeak 12 One of 500 in a ream 13 Zaps with a police gun 18 Harleys, in slang 21 PC character set 22 Milk dispensers 23 Leader of the pack 25 Sounds of resignation 27 Stage after larva 28 Bilingualism subj.
31 Sacred peak in Greek myth: abbr. 32 Had one’s fill 33 Equipment often transported on a car’s roof 34 Was a maverick 35 Chipped in at a poker game
36 Old Russian royals 38 None of the above 39 Computer’s “brain,” for short
43 Clouds of smoke 44 What the Titanic had a disastrous encounter with
45 Give a lift 46 Beneath 47 “Goosebumps” writer R.L. ___
48 One of four purchased for a Monopoly property 49 Sticky
50 We, on a candy heart 54 Fraternal group 55 “You’re on!” 57 Alternative to Skippy or Peter Pan
58 Big mouth 59 Cambridge sch. for budding engineers