NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Lifelong pals, slangily

5 Japanese P.M. Shinzo ___

8 Gaiety

13 Subjects for saving 14 Military pilot’s waiting area 16 1997-2006 U.N. chief

17 Calculating competitors 18 Piques

19 Cropped up 20 Metric unit

21 Mark up, perhaps 22 Shakers and Quakers

26 Official approval 29 Largely monosyllabic language 30 Prospectors’ prospects

31 Trap for the unwary 34 Camel purchaser, e.g.

36 First-rate 37 Recorded, as data 39 Unit on a utility bill 40 Liverpool-toNottingham dir. 41 One might be sent with a scent 45 Desert gullies 48 Like poppy seeds 49 Perfect

50 Big name in yo-yos 52 Southpaw

53 Way to get fit while you sit

56 Not out of it 57 Something to shuck

58 Natural coats 59 Originates (from) 60 Muscle strengthened in rowing, briefly

61 ___ pants

DOWN

1 Drummer John of Led Zeppelin 2 Between jobs and loving it

3 Busted

4 Joint acct. info 5 Naval forces 6 Endure, in an expression

7 Savor the flattery 8 Standish of Plymouth Colony 9 1935 Nobelist Joliot-Curie 10 Bushwa

11 One of four for an ostrich

12 Naval inits. 13 Horror film sequel of 2005

15 A.L. lineup fixtures 21 Former “Top Chef”

judge

23 Defining

accomplishment 24 Mineral on the

Mohs scale

25 Fish order

27 Chose from the

lineup, in brief

28 In full measure 32 Pronoun in both “America” and “America the Beautiful” 33 Modern cry of

success

34 Twist 35 Canyonlands National Park feature

38 “That was totally

out of line” 39 “Doctor Who” actor

David

42 Pfizer product 43 Primary course 44 California’s

Point ___

46 In the wings or in

full swing

47 Is on board? 51 Home of 30 Rock 52 Bird symbolizing

daybreak

53 These: Fr.

54 Derby, e.g. 55 Consist of