The New York Times Crossword
1 Along with Big Bird, role for puppeteer Caroll Spinney on “Sesame Street”
6 Fall fruit
10 ___ piece
14 Rental contract
15 Actress Fanning of “The
Great”
16 Where Henrik Ibsen is buried 17 E.M.T.’s apparatus, informally 18 Alfresco drinking
establishment
20 Seers?
21 Workplace, e.g.
22 Actress Fisher of “Eighth
Grade”
23 Certain freestyle competition 25 Kind of error or attraction 26 Ones who couldn’t be further
from the truth?
27 Ride that might have a hot
tub
28 “There was no other choice!” 30 According to
31 Org. that is often referred to
by just its first letter 35 Designer Anna 36 Pseudoscientific process hinted at by four squares in this puzzle
39 Poke bowl protein
40 URL opening
42 Illumination unit
43 Made out
45 Radiate
47 “If ___ Street Could Talk”
(James Baldwin novel) 48 Reputation ruiner 50 Undergarment providing a lift 53 Blueprint bits 54 Authors
55 Persian suffix meaning “land” 56 Soda containers, in the
Midwest
58 Bitten sharply
59 Vegetable sometimes called
“ladies’ fingers”
60 Loomed?
61 Giraffe gatherings
62 Camp sight
63 Available
64 “… OK, maybe I was wrong”
1 Less green, in a way 2 “Toodle-oo!”
3 Alternative to a latte or flat
white
4 “To repeat …”
5 Talmudic honorific 6 Dangers
7 Grilled corn, as a Mexican
street food
8 Plant with “teeth”
9 One may cry foul 10 Noodle, e.g.
11 Patriotic World Cup chant 12 Swing wildly and helplessly 13 Prow’s position
19 Play group?
21 Arrive nonchalantly 24 “Toodle-oo!”
25 Quality by which mattresses are classified
27 Harper who wrote “Go Set a
Watchman”
28 Kinda
29 “Survivor” dwelling
30 Code for Sky Harbor Airport 32 Reverse course
33 Subject of the classic photo
“Guerrillero Heroico” 34 Assistance
37 Word with clean or clear 38 “Mm-hmm”
41 Wool wear for winter 44 Group, as of stars 46 Waterfall effect
47 Dr. ___ Honeydew, Muppet
partner of Beaker
48 Wheel part
49 Caterer’s container
50 Pet problem?
51 Complete stranger, in slang 52 Agita
53 Locate
54 Plunk (down)
57 First prime 58 “Yellowjackets” network, for
short