The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Bud

4 Tow truck destination

10 Puts a lid on

14 ___ carte menu

15 Widely recognized, as a

symbol

16 Butter alternative 17 “Truthfully …”

20 The “L” of L.P.G.A.

21 ___ biloba (ornamental tree

with a widely used extract) 22 Trains at a high level?

23 Hot dog

25 Irish laddie

27 1953 title role for John

Wayne

28 Captain in a whale of a

tale?

32 Mimic

33 Comedian Sahl 34 Grammatical case in Latin 36 Secure a seat at the table,

say

39 Emily who wrote “Wuthering

Heights”

40 Univ. of Maryland athlete 41 ___ stop (chance to refuel) 42 Golfers don’t want to go into

it

43 Prepare to break a peace

treaty, perhaps

45 Mr. in a Robert Louis

Stevenson story

46 Emulate Mr. Clean,

in a way

48 Mars or Jupiter 49 Butt-Head’s sidekick

51 More ghostly

54 “Hurry up!”

57 Leaf (through) 58 Home to Slovenia

and Slovakia

59 Royal irritant in a fairy tale 60 Makes into a knot 61 Brings into being 62 Hankering

DOWN

1 Item on a bucket list?

2 ___ Romeo (Italian auto) 3 Got a look at

4 Cutting remarks

5 High or low cards

6 Louis XIV, par exemple 7 ___ Taylor (clothier)

8 Played a couple of sets at a

jazz club, say

9 Starfish or sea urchin, in a

biology text

10 “Major props to you!” 11 Fashion model Wek

12 100 centavos

13 Barfly

18 Venus de ___

19 1

23 Had on

24 Counting everything 25 Cutting remarks

26 John Adams’s “Nixon in

China,” for one 27 Futuristic modes of

transport

29 New-Agey, slangily 30 Dodge

31 “___ Davis Eyes” (Kim

Carnes hit of 1981) 33 “The A-Team” actor with a

mohawk

35 African serpent

37 Chess match

finales

38 Brainy oddball

44 Slacken

45 Group wedding dance 47 Laboratory eggs

48 Cute reply to “Why are you

so cute?”

49 ___ B’rith (Jewish

organization)

50 Leg up

51 TV network that organizes

the X Games

52 Fencing option

53 TV host Seacrest 54 Missing letters in “??propria?e” (felicitously)

55 Savings plan with SEP and

SIMPLE versions

56 Pull along