NEWYORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Best-selling crime novelist Caleb 5 With 17-Across, landmark consecrated in 1561 10 Shindig
14 It has 12 territories
in Risk
15 Paul ___, pioneer in
graph theory 16 Taurus, for one 17 See 5-Across 20 Unvarying
21 Sack
22 Danced to un
bandoneón 23 Things formed at the bases of dogears
24 ___-out clause 25 “Grand Old Opry”
airer
26 Helen with the 1972 #1 hit “IAM Woman” 29 Wordwith dirty or
dream
32 Beef up
36 Split personalities? 37 Company whose headquarterswere theworld’s tallest building for nearly 25 years
39 ___ Combs a.k.a.
Diddy
40 Part of the cabinet since 2002, for short
41 Faced facts
43 Stat affected by
smog levels: Abbr. 44 Showing signs of
tear? 45 Beat
46 Two
47 “Howgoes it?” equivalent 49 Island locale 51 “The Point,” in brief 52 Align
54 ___ Speaker (Parliament title) 55 Pay (for)
57 Cuomo, for one: Abbr.
58 Cuomo, for one 59 Related to the kidneys 60 Christmas ___ 61 State that borders Bhutan 62 Imported European wheels
63 Place to lie low 64 Possible answer to “Which ones?”
DOWN
1 Notable voyager of 1497
2 Position that might require flexibility
3 Like the dough for naan, but not for roti
4 For whom some spiritual dances are performed 5 Sonnet’s conclusion 6 Bowed
7 Home of Sawtooth Natl. Forest 8 Insensitive, in away 9 Bit of concert merchandise 10 Area of South Dakota 11 Things examined by
psychics
12 Rocket part
13 17 and 18, but not 19
or 20
18 Out of it
19 Disney’s princess of
Avalor
26 Where to find 5-/17
Across
27 Beat 28 Shakespearean character who says “His unkindness may defeatmy life, / But never taintmy love”
29 Suffering from
desynchronosis 30 Props for some beach house décor, maybe
31 Cover the costs, but
that’s all
33 One not to beat 34 Establishments that might offer margaritas 35 Prominent feature of 5-/17-Across depicted in this puzzle’s grid 37 “Semper Fidelis”
composer 38 “Gnossiennes”
composer 41 N.C.A.A. eligibility
consideration 42 Court cry
48 ___ Games
50 Come to blows 53 Meander
56 A couple
of million?
58 Yoga convenience