The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 All-time leading scorer for the
Lakers, familiarly 5 Modern-day horse-and-buggy
users
10 Bird with a reduplicative
name
14 Old pro
17 Raucous music style similar
to boogie-woogie
18 Big Dance org.
19 Action after a bad golf drive 20 “Don’t make me eat that!” 21 Bolivian capital
25 Got an A+ on
26 State in Tornado Alley: Abbr. 27 Overhead cost of
manufacturing?
28 Drunkard
29 ___ du jour (bistro special) 31 ’50s campaign button name 32 Fanciful ideas
35 Become rusted
37 Seminal punk band, with
“the”
39 Potato ___ (appetizer) 40 Nap sack?
41 Well-kept
42 Lowest-ranking G.I.
43 Island WNW of Molokai 45 Wall St. credential
46 Who said “The only difference between me and the Surrealists is that I am a Surrealist”
48 Spaces (out)
49 Globe
50 Studied (up on)
51 ___ Reader
53 The titular Nelsons of a
classic sitcom 60 Dish with tomatoes and
mozzarella
61 Animal whose name consists of the postal codes of two states it passes in its migration
62 British meat pie
63 Nest protest
DOWN
1 Cold War inits.
2 Hybrid citrus fruits
3 Native American canoe
material
4 Columnist Klein 5 ___-American
6 “That’s not impressing me” 7 Response to “Who wants
some?”
8 “Law & Order” spinoff, for
short
9 Bucks and bulls
10 Blue state?
11 Speechify
12 Partner of confused
13 This clue number
minus deux
15 Passions
16 Large unit of resistance 20 Like some insensitive
remarks, for short 22 Encompassed by
23 Give a pointer?
24 Info on a dating profile 28 Bundle up
30 Super-hoppy craft brew 33 Make easier to recite, as the
Great Lakes via HOMES 34 Vodka cocktail with cranberry
and grapefruit juice 36 Available to watch, in a way 37 Speckled coat
38 Wild guess
40 Bit of sweet talk
44 Take by force
46 Construction vehicle,
informally
47 ___ Day, Down Under holiday 50 U2 frontman
52 It costs about twice as much
if it’s round
54 European peak
55 Actress Vardalos
56 Some N.F.L. linemen: Abbr. 57 It can be tipped … or collect
tips
58 Whichever
59 Restaurant water choice