The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Questions of surprise?

8 Certain native of the Mideast 15 Like cranks

16 Indian spice mixes 17 Duraflame product

18 Cause of a decrease in the

cost of gasoline

19 Contents of some wells 20 Literally, “one who is sent off” 22 ___ Chinmoy, onetime Indian

spiritual leader

23 Pass it on!

25 Law school subject

26 What’s mixed with bismuth, lead and cadmium to make cerrosafe

27 A host of, in brief

29 “Stronger With ___ Tear,” 2009 hit album for Mary J. Blige

30 Fail badly

31 Words of acceptance

33 “Is this such a good idea?” 35 Request from a host 37 Where I-25 meets I-40: Abbr. 38 Pippi Longstocking feature 41 Things on the heads of some

outlaws

45 Controvert

46 Dix minus un

48 Pass through D.C.?

49 ___ and ran

50 L.A. jazz venue where Thelonious Monk recorded a live album, with “the”

52 Get

53 Duds at an awards ceremony,

maybe 54 They’ve got to hand it to you 56 ___-tip (beef cut) 57 Quickly and soon 59 Headliner

61 “Oh, that’s good!” 62 Sunblock blocks it

63 Manor house attendant 64 Some charges for animal

lovers

DOWN

1 Standard Disney fare

2 River with the second-largest discharge volume in the New World, after the Amazon 3 BBQ specialty

4 “Por ___?”

5 First sch. to win 100 N.C.A.A.

titles

6 [knock on wood] 7 Baby-to-be

8 Face of the internet?

9 Online marketing giant with a

primate in its logo

10 Some vacation getaways 11 Low-quality paper

12 Likely M.V.P. candidate 13 Bullish 14 Cry of ineptitude

21 Popular baitfish

24 Potential topic to discuss in

science class?

28 Meat

30 Strenuous

32 Rabbit ears

34 “Wot’s dat over ___?” 36 Hybrid Thanksgiving dessert 38 Flower in the nightshade

family

39 Rounded, say

40 Quiet period

42 Charge for some truckers 43 Drawing of the body without

its skin, from the French 44 One of the Lesser Antilles 45 Kind of pool

47 Go from E to F

50 Challenge for a language

learner

51 Musical equivalent of two

whole notes

55 What halophobia is the fear

of

58 Baby

60 “What’s the ___?”