The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 One on the run

8 Twitter handle used by the

White House

14 Computer menu command 15 Hawaii’s ___ Palace 16 Prioritized, in a way 17 Officially noted

18 Member of “The Squad” in

D.C., for short

19 Evening fare

21 Love of texting?

22 Apt focus of an annual

festival in Holland, Mich. 25 Verse

26 Lacto-___ vegetarianism 27 Paradisiacal

29 “Inside the N.B.A.” airer 30 Spider-___, character in

Marvel’s “Spider-Verse” 31 Low power? 33 Award-winning Berry

34 U.S. tourist locale that

inspired this puzzle

36 One might be cracked 38 Corn plant part

39 Lager descriptor

40 “Ah yes, yes indeed”

41 Keys on a piano

45 In a bad way

46 Small grinder, maybe 48 Leaves with a traumatic

memory

49 Kind of cycle

50 He’s saved by his sister, in a

story

52 Grass

53 Like many Hollywood

heartthrobs, seemingly 55 What to do “when you’re not

strong,” in a 1972 hit

58 Least likely to get up from the

couch, say

59 Goo for a batter

60 Picks up

61 Puts down?

DOWN

1 Word with sale, tax or

planning

2 Envelop

3 Manicure target 4 Programming language named after a pioneering programmer

5 Collectible disk of the 1990s 6 ___ milk

7 Ultimately become 8 First-rate

9 Heavy British vehicle

10 Big whoop?

11 Typically tortilla-less meals 12 Get to the bottom of

13 First half

17 First games

20 Entrees cooked in slow

cookers 23 Step on it!

24 Arouse, as intrigue 28 Good-for-nothing

30 Press material

32 What many verbs indicate 33 Some formal attire

34 “I wanna know what I

missed!”

35 Org. whose annual budget

isn’t public

36 Starts to go out of control 37 Key concept in feminist

theory

40 They require glasses

42 2005 biopic in which Philip Seymour Hoffman plays the title role

43 Extreme racing event

44 Daisy relatives

46 What have we here?

47 Is beneficial

51 Film character depicted using C.G.I. and old footage in “The Rise of Skywalker”

54 Paul of fame

56 +

57 “The Simpsons” character in

a green sweater