The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Finger- on- lips sound 4 Performer for whom a San

Diego stadium was named 9 Some company bigwigs, for

short

13 Food mascot in a green suit

jacket

16 Gifford’s talk show successor 17 “Take that, loser!”

18 Pole position?

19 Comic whom Seinfeld called “the Picasso of our profession”

20 ___ sleep

21 Only graphic novel to win a

Pulitzer Prize ( awarded 1992) 22 Onetime neighbor of French

Indochina

23 Find outrageously funny

26 “OK, I’ve heard enough” 27 Prompter of a channel

change, maybe

29 Rain can ruin it

31 Binges

35 What it takes to become a queen?

36 Neil Patrick Harris’s role on “How I Met Your Mother” 37 Herb of the parsley family 38 Romeo or Juliet

39 Member of the fam

40 Settles with

44 Some pricey cars, for short 48 Great deal

50 “Pourquoi ___?”

51 Actress Linney of Netflix’s

“Ozark” 52 Opposite of inept

53 Words that sometimes follow

1- Across

56 Guys

57 Skinflint

58 Leading role in “The Phantom

of the Opera”

59 Doesn’t take any cards, say 60 In need of a lift? DOWN 1 Passes on

2 French philosopher Bergson 3 2003 # 1 hit with the lyric “Shake it like a Polaroid picture”

4 Relative of a tie in music 5 Lead- in to story 6 Newfoundland sound

7 Half of a classic comedy duo 8 Reason to see a

gastroenterologist

9 Do some fast data

processing?

10 Obsessed with

11 Hangout for Dorian Gray 12 Flipper

14 Gold rush phenomena 15 Branch of the D. H. S.

23 Like a stereotypical mobster’s

voice

24 Things picked up at a landfill 25 Sub- Saharan scourge 28 False front

30 British flier

31 Giuseppe ___, leader in Italy’s unification 32 English translation of 50- Across

33 Accord

34 Natural history museum

sights

35 Emergency exit feature 36 Beer with a triangular logo 41 Way cool

42 Ways

43 A keen eye, for a proofreader,

say

45 Waves of New Agers?

46 “Little Women” director

Gerwig

47 Having had quite enough 49 Much can be written on this 51 Off

54 Small cell

55 Piece in Stratego