The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Book of legends
6 Site of 2022’s “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests
10 Biryani base
14 Funny bones?
16 Green giant, maybe
17 Cheesy snack pockets
18 ___ party
19 Artful
20 List of players
21 Site for artisans
22 Expressed joy, in a way
23 The Mayans’ Chichén Itzá, e.g. 25 Sour
28 Port authorities?
32 Touch, for one
33 Actress Tomei
34 Upper arm muscle, for short
35 Ohio sluggers
36 Canoodles, in England
37 “___ Gone,” Hall & Oates hit
38 Sample
39 Garment that’s pulled over the head
40 Quiches, e.g.
41 Enjoyed oneself tremendously
43 Tan
44 Rocking toy, to a tot
45 Film about fish tanks?
47 Sulk
48 Some coffee or ice cream orders
51 Parrot
54 Barbecue blends
55 Animal that’s more akin to a squirrel than a canine, despite its name
57 Cruise stop, often
58 Bond issuer?
59 Heated competition?
60 Came down
61 Campus squares
DOWN
1 Range across eight countries
2 Travail
3 Like a ne’er-do-well
4 Shaping tool
5 Closed up
6 Whiner’s “You can’t make me!”
7 Tick off
8 Org. originally founded to support conscientious objectors
9 Coffee-brewing portmanteau 10 Enlist
11 “Beats me”
12 Mule, e.g.
13 Wriggly
15 Problem for a plumber
22 Balls (up)
24 Megan Rapinoe’s team
25 Costumer’s measurement
26 London has a “Royal” one
27 Performer whose face is rarely seen
29 Classic Camaros
30 Late assignment
31 Actress Spacek
33 Annual bodybuilding competition won 10 times by Iris Kyle
37 ___ folder
39 “Reading Rainbow” airer
42 Purchase for a creative kid
43 Title girl of a 1957 Dale Hawkins hit
46 Psychologist Jung
47 Puritanical
49 Like some contraceptives
50 “Please?”
51 ___ Victoria, singer known for her “gothic blues” style
52 Setting for many a Monet painting
53 They’re fit to be dyed
56 Creature frequently depicted in Indigenous Australian art