The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Much of Iceland’s greenery
5 “I don’t believe you”
12 Fictional device in which to convey secret information
14 Needle exchange?
15 “Calvin and Hobbes” character described as “a sixyear-old who shaves”
16 Imperturbable
17 “Duck Soup,” for one
18 They may be dealt or folded 20 “Uh-huh”
22 Green lands
23 “Doing OK for myself”
25 Georgetown athlete
27 Org. created in the wake of
“Silent Spring”
28 Kind of scrum
29 Unlikely to tip
31 Rat out
33 Steamed masa dishes
37 Surname in a Virginia Woolf title
39 Tesla, for one
40 Counsel council, in brief
41 Pertinent
43 Letters on a pass
44 Imitation
46 Like a dewlap
47 Fix
48 Vibes
50 Time constant symbol
51 Spanish term of endearment
52 Attempt to play peacemaker
54 Scooched over
57 Robe for a sumo wrestler
58 Wrap order?
59 Fretted
60 Common bake-off challenge
61 Additive once extracted from kelp
DOWN
1 Expression ending with a rising voice
2 Low dice roll
3 Halter?
4 “Same”
5 Play mind games with 6 Costa, to a botanist
7 Chancellor Scholz of Germany
8 Easily bought
9 Course option
10 Contracting sheet
11 ___ Teng, singer dubbed “Asia’s eternal queen of pop”
12 Very best
13 It’s booked before getting caught
14 “Not a chance”
15 Incapacitate
19 Sparkling alternative
21 Rule to take exception to
24 “The Jungle Book” character
26 Allow
29 Answer rudely
30 Traditional filling for momo (Nepalese dumplings)
32 Takes responsibility for 34 Many a Pablo Neruda work
35 Word shortcuts
36 Leaches
37 Reversible patterned fabrics
38 Something to meditate on?
42 Animal that climbs cactuses
to eat their flowers
45 Word often seen in comic book lettering
47 “Hairspray” co-composer Shaiman
49 Kind of wave
51 Bother
53 Green light
55 Inits. for East Germany
56 Ryan of “You’ve Got Mail”