The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Pair on a schooner

6 Last in a series

9 It may be thrown

by a vaquero

14 “Hurry with your dinner!” 15 “Gotcha!”

16 Like an obelisk

at night, maybe

17 Origin story in

Genesis 11:1-9

20 Colorful language?

21 Radar gun stat, for short 23 Parks carefully

24 Co. that launched the world’s

first communications satellite 27 Part of 10-Down

29 Last in a series

30 World capital noted for its

French colonial architecture 32 Geocaching necessity, in brief 35 “No ___” (“Unacceptable”) 36 Actor Hawke

37 Headstone heading

38 1979 movie with the line “This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off” 39 Goes around

40 Legal position

in municipal govt.

41 Like lead or gold, notably 42 Mario Kart platform

43 Tuber that can be candied 44 A majority of the characters on TV’s

“St. Elsewhere,” in brief 45 Neighbor of India: Abbr. 47 Component in a car’s

suspension system

50 “___, ___, it looks like rain!”:

Christopher Robin

53 Big movie star, e.g.

55 What professional tennis

has been in since 1968 57 Where an important

call may be directed 58 System that ended in 1917 59 Purplish red

60 Weeks in Spain

DOWN

1 Player at Citi Field

2 “That feels nice!”

3 Scientist who notably passed

away on 33-Down (2018) 4 You might go on tiptoe

while wearing this 5 Fungus-to-be

6 Celebratory seasons

7 First digit of this puzzle’s subject, whose next four digits are the number of rows and then columns of the grid 8 B-ball

9 Apply, as sunscreen

10 Some craft drafts, for short 11 Scientist who was notably

born on 33-Down (1879) 12 Make even

13 Home of the Braves, for short 18 New Deal org.

19 What some thank

God for: Abbr.

21 Comedian and political

commentator Bill

22 Who said “Courage is

knowing what not to fear” 25 Carolina N.H.L.’ers, informally 26 Like the main character in many a horror film ... or so they believe

28 “Same here” 29 Mathematician known for

the constant “e” (2.71828) 31 Require

32 Starting point for a

slippery slope argument 33 An irrational reason

to celebrate?

34 Captcha targets

35 One might center around

being unprepared for a test 45 Something read

by a chiromancer

46 Actress Shawkat of

“Search Party”

48 Took a turn

49 Where the Chair of

St. Peter can be found in St. Peter’s Basilica

51 ___ Major

52 Relatives of berets

54 “Get it?”

56 Gun lobby grp.