NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

1 Start of an incantation

6 Up to the task 10 Landlocked Asian country

11 DuVernay who directed “Selma” 13 One with a feather duster, maybe 14 ’Vette option 15 Speedy Amtrak option

17 Yours, in Tours 18 Grp. that combats smuggling

19 Land made for you and me, in a Woody Guthrie song 21 Demo material for Wile E. Coyote 22 Entertained with a story, say

24 Print media revenue source 26 Copenhageners, e.g.

28 Oasis beast

29 Lawn game banned in 1988

30 In the manner of 32 ___ Amidala, “Star Wars” queen

34 “___ quote …” 35 Oakland’s Oracle, for one

37 Diez minus siete 38 Born

39 Insect feeler

41 The “e” of i.e. 42 The Kennedys or the Bushes, so to speak

44 As a group 46 Country singer ___ James Decker 47 Very wee 48 Embarrassing fall 52 Structures illustrated twice in this puzzle through both black squares and letters

58 Male buds

59 Nae Nae or cancan

60 Captain who circumnavigated the globe

61 Flue buildup 62 “Come in!” 63 Influence 1 Setting for a classical sacrifice 2 Flinched

3 Adjuncts to some penthouses

4 Nile viper

5 State as fact

6 Org. for docs 7 Military field uniform

8 World’s highestpaid athlete in 2019, per Forbes magazine

9 Drops (or adds) a line

11 Got 100 on 12 Et ___

15 Iowa college town 16 “Hells Bells” band 19 Bottles that might be marked “XXX” in the comics 20 “Stat!”

23 Not pro

25 Amo, amas, ___ 27 Sheltered at sea 29 Maker of “No more tears” baby shampoo, for short 30 Pretentious 31 Hathaway of

Hollywood 33 Alternative to

Chanel No. 5 35 Predate 36 Glassworker, at

times

39 “Take me ___” 40 Modify

43 Equally speedy 45 Shenanigans 49 Abba of Israel 50 Fourth-and-long

option

51 Subject of a school

nurse’s inspection 52 Targets of plank

exercises

53 Do that might block someone’s view, for short

54 Pooh’s pal

55 When repeated,

calming expression 56 Smallest state in

India

57 Wild blue yonder