NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

The number of letters in this clue’s answer

5 Gymnasts’ supplies 9 New moon or full moon

14 Traffic ___

15 Put out

16 Give a casual greeting, in modern lingo

17 Candy that the lovers [circled letters] on Valentine’s Day 19 More deadpan, as

humor

20 Peach’s center 21 Some pro cameras,

for short 23 Shepherd slain by

Cain

24 Politician that the voters [circled letters] to Congress 27 Traditional time to

start work

28 Occur, as

complications 29 Terrific, in dated

slang

30 Erode

34 Something most

people lie about? 35 Quick trips that the busy person [circled letters] around town

36 “Yikes!”

39 Olympics squad in

red, white and blue 40 “Auld Lang ___” 41 “___ thank me

later”

43 Suitable for

all ages Books that Victorians [circled letters] for cheap 49 In addition 50 Alternatives to

wagons

51 One step down on the evolutionary scale

52 Elite party

attendees

54 Luxury vehicle that the motorist [circled letters] on the highway

58 Part of a multimedia ad campaign 59 Apple’s first

location?

60 Action to collect on

a debt

61 Shorthand, for

short

62 “Buona ___” (Italian

greeting)

63 Dish that may come

with a spork

1 Org. that regulates I.S.P.s

2 “That’s intriguing!” 3 Still in the box

4 File box filler

5 Blanc who voiced Bugs Bunny 6 Conglomerate

7 Mr. or Mrs. 8 Forbidding

9 Queen guitarist Brian May has one in astrophysics 10 Friend of Hamlet 11 Outs

12 Place to hide a card, perhaps 13 ___ Combs, Hall-ofFamer who played for the 1920s-’30s Yankees

18 Other, in Oaxaca 22 Benchmark 24 Surname of national security advisers under both Bush 43 and Obama

25 May birthstones 26 Word with dark or

graphic 27 Apprehend 31 Headrest for a

couch napper, say 32 T, in an honor

society’s name 33 Connections 35 Slippery

36 Five to six feet high,

roughly

37 Quashes 38 Gunpowder

holder

39 Turns the dial (to),

say

40 Dazed states 41 Chastise in no

uncertain terms 42 Like some football

kicks

44 Over the horizon 45 Products of some

orchards 46 Sped-up part of a contest commercial 47 Avoid

48 Ed of “Elf” 53 Excessively 55 Molecule with A, C,

T and G

56 Green branch, for

short

57 Big quarrel