The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS 1 Wares at a medicine show
9 “Reckon so”
15 Reason to run
16 Betray, in a way
17 Keep it together
18 Irish form of “Jane”
19 N.Y.C. cultural landmark
20 Holds back, in a way
22 Uncool sorts
23 Business ___
24 CBS drama from Dick Wolf
25 Like a well-brushed canine,
say
27 Italian pronoun
28 The N.F.L. mascot Roary, for
one
29 Nickname for Capote
32 “Again … huh?!”
37 Competition that starts and
finishes in a tie
38 Take stock after a defeat
39 Create a plot hole, say
40 Farm sounds
41 Trig function, in brief
42 Material for a lighter wheel
44 Keep out
45 Nickname that drops “vin”
48 Bond between 2006 and
2021
50 The ancient Egyptians believed they were created from the sun hitting the Nile
52 Starters can be found on it
53 Rude “Forget it!”
55 Helping hound
57 Pennsylvania city where
Crayola is headquartered 58 Warned
59 Fifth-most populous city in California, after Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose and San Francisco
60 Bears
DOWN
1 Drink similar to a Cape
Codder
2 “High-five!”
3 Gobs
4 Singer who owns
Manderley Castle in Killiney
5 Word added
as an intensifier
6 It’s not going to fly
7 Builder’s outdoor addition
8 Bouquet unit
9 They’re to be determined
10 Future-altering decision point,
metaphorically
11 Burgundian grape
12 “Iolanthe” and “Candide,” for
two
13 Charge too much
14 Tips 21 Tires out in a playground,
perhaps
24 Literally, “dainty slice”
26 Location designed to attract
whales
27 Appearance
28 Expensive boxes
30 ___ balls
31 Pac-12 squad
32 Scratch that
33 “Get outta here!”
34 Simple kind of question
35 Mean
36 Once, once
43 Pleasant cadences
44 Pot holder
45 Member of a triage team
46 Grandson of Adam
47 They’re bigger and lighter
than skeletons
48 Pot holder
49 What a startled horse might
do
51 Supervisory challenges
52 WhatsApp owner
54 Hawaiian word for a mackerel
56 Suffix for a rank