NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Last name of two of the friends on “Friends”
7 January birthstone 13 Northern ___ Islands, U.S. commonwealth 14 Lubricated
16 ___ manière de (in the manner of: Fr.) 17 Staple of the Burning Man festival
19 Brief address
20 See 34-Across 21 Contemporaries of the Sadducees 22 See 34-Across 23 Prime business 26 Russian fighter jet 27 Past the sell-by date, say
30 Drudge
31 Former African capital of 13+ million
33 Got a move on 34 What this puzzle’s two-letter answers correspond with, given their locations in the grid
37 Under the table 38 Dig
39 Shouted “Encore!,” say
42 Bowed, to a cellist 43 Cow
44 Movie pizzeria destroyed in a riot 46 Like the “Step in Time” singers in “Mary Poppins” 48 Underwire ___ 49 Sonja on the ice 50 See 34-Across 51 Insistent comeback 54 See 34-Across 55 Key near the tilde 57 Some garden blooms
58 On
59 Next available 61 Stick-up artist? 63 Acknowledges nonverbally 64 Fingers
DOWN
1 Acis’s lover in “Metamorphoses” 2 Period of note
3 See 34-Across
4 Tag
5 Biblical figure born to a 105-year-old father 6 Unexpectedly came face to face with 7 Putting one’s reputation at risk 8 Moneyed suffix 9 Like Harvard Yard, in a Boston accent 10 See 34-Across
Part of a professor’s email address 12 Animals symbolizing the universe in Chinese culture
13 Spiked clubs 15 Pursued, as a trade 18 Pretend
24 Style of the Waldorf Astoria 25 Weak excuse 28 Storied El Capitan climbing route 29 Southwest acquisition of 2011 31 Furrowed
32 Sting
35 Make faces
36 Ski ___
39 Charles of “The Great Escape” 40 Rolls up, as a sail 41 Magic potions 42 Dipsticks
45 Manage
47 “Holy cannoli!” 49 Book preceding Joel
52 Were, biblically 53 Notary public’s need
56 Dove bar?
58 4G ___ (standard for mobile devices)
60 See 34-Across 62 See 34-Across