The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Become
narrower
6 “Come to ___” 10 Kindergarten
fundamentals 14 “Well, isn’t that
something!” 15 Genesis garden 16 Opening for a coin 17 Facial feature that can be eliminated by cosmetic surgery 19 Trigonometric ratio 20 “For sure!”
21 “___ put it another
way ...”
22 Rather, informally 23 Disney World attraction
26 Walk over 29 Continuously 30 Easy win
31 ___ good example 32 Weaponize 35 Increase, with “up” 36 Friend of Archie and Betty in the comics 39 “Little piggy” 40 Chum 41 Fashion monthly founded in France 42 Congers and others 43 “___ ed Euridice” (Gluck opera) 45 The 20 in 20 Questions 48 Speak briefly 51 Where the belly button is 52 German auto import 53 Try to win through romance 56 Metropolitan ___ 57 “Gross” title for this puzzle
60 Hit the tarmac, e.g. 61 Skin problem 62 Titleholder 63 This, in Tijuana 64 Wagers 65 Hangman’s loop
DOWN
1 Having everything
in its place
2 Natural salve
3 Asset
4 Flow out, as the tide 5 Insert a new cartridge 6 Marmalade ingredient 7 For one purpose only 8 Architect I.M. ___ 9 Actress Miller or Blyth 10 Transfer (to) 11 Romantic setups 12 Weeklong vacation
rental, maybe 13 Prepare,
as mussels 18 Therefore
22 Work, as dough
23 It helps to know where you’re going 24 Joint between the hip and ankle 25 Letter after theta 26 Snare
27 Capital of Italia 28 Professional work 31 “Steady as ___ goes” 33 Part in a movie 34 Filthy state
36 “The Family Circus” boy 37 Peter Fonda title character
38 Give off light, as a firefly
42 Suffix with lion or shepherd 44 Marriott rival 45 Seriously overcharges 46 Pakistani language 47 Incandescent lamp inventor
48 Old, as bread 49 Surrounding lights 50 “There ___ a dry eye in the house” 53 Tippler’s favorite radio station?
54 Bills exchanged for a five 55 Menacing fairy tale figure
57 Tiny amount to apply 58 Rink surface
59 A couple