The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 What’s not to like? 10 Big ink purveyor

15 The singer Björk, for one 16 Lustrous shell compound 17 Black hairstyle with squareshaped sections

18 Yet to be processed 19 Cabinet department with a

buffalo on its emblem 20 Place for fast growth 21 Valuable carriers

23 Green symbol on Rotten

Tomatoes

27 Sliding ___

28 Ran off (with)

30 “___ Possible”

(2000s animated series) 31 Give kudos to

35 Quadrennial bonus

37 Daily in Paris

39 Some pubgoers

40 Little drawing?

42 Bearer of the earth in

Iroquois creation stories 43 Choice cut

45 Scanner feature

46 “Well, there’s a surprise!” 51 Pulling down

52 Paid athletes with day jobs 57 Well lit?

58 Aircraft with low drag

59 Not requiring much attention,

say

60 Help on wheels

61 Sibilant sobriquet for “Summertime” singer Sarah Vaughan

62 Hit from behind

DOWN

1 Nickname in Israeli

politics

2 Milton Friedman’s subj.

3 It might end in an emoji 4 River through

Bohemia

5 Like many a documentary

film

6 [Live!]

7 Lesson for an advanced

language learner 8 Component of many sandstone features in the Southwest

9 Hospital drama sets, in brief 10 What genes do, biologically 11 Medicare Advantage, by

another name

12 Apparatus with a harness

and flippers

13 Get to eat

14 List for a survivalist 20 Skateboarder’s wear 22 Skateboarder’s

apparatus

23 Successfully convince 24 “No contest,” for one 25 Important calculation for a

weightlifter

26 Galaxy array

29 “I’m ___ myself here, but …” 31 Dance around?

32 Snacks for some beetles 33 Waiting for an assignment,

maybe

34 It’s not a good look

36 Festive season

38 More than a few

41 Find satisfaction, slangily 43 Sunday best

44 Grp. of Pelicans

46 Some prayer leaders 47 Sicilian word that roughly translates as “swagger”

48 Actor Claude of

“B.J. and the Bear”

49 Copter cousins

50 Affaire de coeur

53 Not just live in

the present

54 £ : pound sterling :: R : ___ 55 ___-over

56 Pip

58 ___ Mediterráneo