The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Troubles
9 Got on board, in a way
14 Out of nothing, in creation
myths
15 Spanish monarch beginning
in 2014
16 Tackle together
17 Sinks from not far away 18 Dreams for aspiring bands 20 Many-headed monster
24 Org. that “Moscow Centre” represents in George Smiley novels
25 “___-yew!”
26 Prefix with zone or pop 27 George Smiley, for one 29 Mozz sticks and queso, e.g. 30 Utterly amazed
31 N.F.L. QB Tagovailoa
32 Upright
34 Anti-establishment cause 36 Big name in multilevel
marketing
37 Had in mind
38 Fyodor the Blessed, e.g. 39 Experiments with Zener cards 42 Computer custom-built for
playing games, in slang 44 Conflict of no consequence 46 Nicolas who directed “Don’t
Look Now”
47 French, perhaps, in England 49 One also known as Rahman 51 Mirror-and-prism system, in
brief
52 Golden ___
53 It can be shredded with an ax 56 One of three things traditionally eaten to break a Ramadan fast 57 Ironic-sounding plot device in
“Total Recall” 58 It’s just under one’s nose,
informally
60 Iconic phrase in old “Dick and Jane” stories
61 Irish ___
DOWN
1 Snit
2 Suffix for many install files 3 Modern vaccine material 4 “___ and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” (comedy sketch series)
5 Classic role for Nichelle
Nichols and Zoë Saldana 6 Quite stinky
7 Hugely successful film … or an apt description of a 59Down player?
8 Picture of health?
9 Direct
10 Mont Blanc, par exemple 11 Trick of being suddenly nowhere to be found … or an apt description of victory for a 59-Down player?
12 The “sacred disease,” to ancient Greeks
13 Like osmium among all the elements 15 Busy business around
Mother’s Day
19 One of 2,297
for Hank Aaron
20 Load
21 Bygone car named for its
country of origin
22 “Don’t be a stranger” … or an apt request from a 59-Down player?
23 Bad lands?
28 “Eww!”
29 One of two 1978 Nobel
Peace Prize winners 31 Coloring
33 Sacred syllables
35 Unit in Mario Kart games 40 Meh
41 Poker table giveaway 43 “Faust” playwright
44 Stories that might take a
while
45 Distinctive peacock
feature
48 Judy of “Arrested
Development”
50 Trunk fastener
54 ___ Grande
55 Took a load off
59 Best-selling video game
celebrated in this grid