The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 It’s said to have been born on Orange Street, in Kingston, Jamaica

4 Big to-do

8 Bright night lights

13 Popular baby shower gift

15 “Sorry if you were offended,”

e.g.

17 Pop music nickname

18 Catchphrase for Olivia Pope

on “Scandal”

19 Usher

21 People also known as the Cat

Nation

22 Wolf’s home?

23 “I could a tale unfold ___ lightest word / Would harrow up thy soul …”: “Hamlet”

24 Run one’s eyes over

25 Water gait?

26 Call near the end of a card

game

27 Squalor

29 Regional dog variety

30 Big award in French cinema

32 Very bottom

33 “No hard feelings?”

35 Better part of 1999?

37 L.G.B.T.Q.I.A. follower

41 Certain swinger

42 Street in a James Baldwin

title

43 Co. bigwig

44 Say the same thing as

45 Metalworker’s union 46 Unlikely to give a strong

reaction

48 For choice

49 Spill

50 Photographer’s staff

51 “Wait, wait, don’t tell me!”

54 Its anthem is “Terre de nos

aïeux”

55 Having trouble making a call

56 Did some P.R. work on

57 Undesirable bedmates?

58 Common Christmas tree

decoration

59 Realize

DOWN

1 Blow it

2 Eighth incarnation of Vishnu

3 Sit on a windowsill, say

4 Huff

5 Babysitter’s charge

6 Check for bugs

7 Showing uncritical

enthusiasm

8 Zip

9 Discontinued

10 One prone to blowing off

steam

11 Like some nonbinary people

12 State capital near Bondi

Beach

14 Life lines?

16 Royal ___

20 Zebra

24 Steady partner?

25 Supply in a golf bag

28 Date sacred to Jupiter

29 Converge (on)

31 National fruit of the

Philippines

32 Court infraction

34 Showy blossom in the iris family, for short

35 “Zing!”

36 Quickly

38 Treats that come in plastic

tubes

39 Fail to follow along

40 Still going

41 “That’s uncalled for!”

42 Beauties

45 Victor Hugo’s Cosette, e.g.

47 Tiny carps

49 Opposing forces

50 Part of UX

52 Utmost degree?

53 Erstwhile camera and

satellite maker for NASA