The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Athlete with the 1999 guide “Go for the Goal” 5 Folklore monster whose name means “goat-sucker”
15 Cream alternative 16 What might precede
a parachute jump 17 Captain Morgan and
Admiral Nelson’s
18 “I got you”
19 Dog jog
20 Attempts to remove
some barriers
21 River with Victoria Falls 23 Wave function symbol in quantum mechanics
24 Having someone’s
thoughts in mind? 25 Revolving toy
30 1988 security guard comedy 33 Stimulate
34 Prefix with god 35 Jazzman Earl 37 Cardinal point?
38 Put away for later 40 Like agliata sauce 42 Where you might go downstairs for drinks
44 Dir. that’s also a suffix 45 [That makes me mad!] 46 Program opening? 50 Didn’t think about 55 Product with six fruity flavors
56 #1 hit for the Jackson 5 and Mariah Carey
57 Role for
Hugh O’Brian on TV and
Kevin Costner in film 58 Tailgaters’ tote 59 Shade akin
to cerulean 60 Enthusiast’s purchase 61 Wet cloud
DOWN
1 Bandwidth unit 2 Maker of the
MDX and RDX
3 1983 comedy/drama about a stayat-home dad 4 Remark of envy 5 Arguing with God,
for example
6 One of several
French kings 7 ___-approved
8 Sort who entices
others to follow
9 Still
10 Assigning stars to? 11 Congratulatory
start
12 Science subj. 13 Swindle 14 Connectors 22 Attendance abbr. 25 One method of locating schools 26 United, e.g. 27 Apt surname for an acupuncturist?
28 “By Jove!” 29 “What’s ___?” 30 Setting of a 2000s Comedy Central police show
31 Let off
32 Locale for Cubans 34 “Silly me!”
36 Some Winter Olympians 39 Nickname of Doménikos Theotokópoulos 41 Political designation: abbr.
43 Nova Scotia’s Cape ___ Island
46 Crop deity 47 Operation Red Dawn defender
48 Mono, e.g. 49 Overseas worker, perhaps
50 Some family folks, informally 51 Nickname for Ulysses 52 Entered response 53 Some 58-Across contents, in brief 54 Ward with many awards