The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Lottery game originally played
using Chinese characters 5 “___ Indahouse” (2002
comedy)
9 Bad lighting?
14 ___ Sea
15 Word before and after “a” 16 Back in
17 Hackathons and “Star Trek”
conventions, say
19 Had in mind
20 Trial that might involve a
monologue
22 Love, they say
23 When some people meet for
lunch
24 Fuel-efficient option
26 Kind of housing aimed at
low-income residents, in brief 27 Sydney’s home, for short 28 Locale for a lowing herd in Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”
30 Part that may be contracted 32 Actor Mortensen 34 Double-texted, say 35 “Actually, this is what we’re
doing now …”
38 Present-day vehicle? 39 Half-human/half-bird
creature of myth
40 Some “bearded” dogs 42 Campsite org.
43 Bygone ___
46 Drill sound
47 Color akin to
“driftwood”
49 Class or order 51 “___ of Dogs” (hit 2018
animated film)
53 Kids acting out?
55 Omega alternative
57 What might cover a lid 58 Like Mufasa, but not Nala, in
“The Lion King”
59 What a kid drinks from 60 Apportion
61 Fuzzy finish
62 Brand of cooler
63 Hydrogen sulfide has a
distinctive one
DOWN
1 Dwight Eisenhower, for one 2 Puts up
3 Come to a point?
4 Like days long past 5 “Couldn’t agree more!” 6 Where a whodunit may reveal
“who done it”
7 Bury
8 Spill it!
9 Spot for a shot
10 Easily swayed person,
metaphorically
11 Something a birthdate
determines 12 Workers who must maintain a
sterile environment, in brief 13 “Uh-oh”
18 Vibing with something
21 Go into the majors, say 25 Facial hair also known as a
“mouche”
29 Ivory tower sort
31 Celebration over the end of
W.W. II, informally
32 Colorado ski mecca 33 “Whoa!”
35 Fictional detective first seen
in a 1964 film
36 A counselor may be at the
end of one
37 Option for a vegetarian 38 Splits
41 Feeling of conviction
43 Gave off
44 “Mr. ___” (1983 Styx hit) 45 Something “Jeopardy!” gives
you
48 Part of a check list? 50 Budget alternative
52 Just made, with “out” 54 Province in Piedmont 56 “Intimations of Immortality,”
for one