The New York Times Crossword
No. 1204
ACROSS
1 Abscond with
6 Cairo cobras
10 Bit of hardware that fits in a
nut
14 The fate one deserves 15 Bug on a pug
16 Like 2, 4, 6, 8 …
17 Not quite right
18 Wander
19 1/5 of a nickel
20 Make history at the
Olympics, say
23 They can be boosted or inflated
24 Calvin and Hobbes, for one 25 Totally reverse one’s losing position
31 Impersonate
32 Sets (down)
33 Nowhere to be found, for
short
35 Palindromic boy
36 Play on the radio
37 Dada’s mama, maybe 38 Summer zodiac sign 39 “Hey, you!”
41 Followers of an “enduring”
philosophy
43 Have an impact that can be
gauged
46 Historic stretch
47 “Gracious me!”
48 Keep going without faltering
one bit
54 Shoulder muscle, informally 55 “Oh, sure it is!”
56 Allow entrance
58 Mineral known as the “imperial gem”
59 Info on a “Hello” tag 60 Nintendo enthusiast, e.g. 61 What a toddler in a snowsuit might be pulling 62 Like Death Valley’s climate 63 Child’s bedtime request
DOWN
1 Upbeat precursor to reggae 2 Scottish caps
3 Lake bordering Ohio and
New York
4 Radio band for news and
talk formats
5 Layered pasta dish
6 From the beginning 7 Tortoiselike
8 Kind of tree in “The Twelve
Days of Christmas” 9 Speedy delivery option 10 “Don’t do that dorky thing
you do”
11 Finished
12 Give temporarily 13 Explosive Minecraft block 21 Forget-me-___ (blue
flowers)
22 Babes in the woods? 25 Clan symbol
26 “So are we!” 27 Top-of-the-line
28 La Brea ___ Pits
29 Content of a clickable
envelope icon
30 “Well, ___ you asked …” 31 Experienced campaigner, for
short
34 Little Energizers
36 Volcanic cloud component 37 Silently greeted
39 Cheeky
40 Energy needed to power
through
41 Sonic the Hedgehog
company
42 Loose-leaf alternatives 44 Blew off steam
45 Prepared one’s home for a
newborn
48 Handout following a shuffle 49 Bygone, in Chaucer’s tales 50 Letter-shaped beam 51 Trucker’s ride
52 Bullets and such
53 Feature of a tall cake 54 Workers at dance clubs who 20-, 25-, 43- and 48-Across 57 “You’ll never know until you ___!”