NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Pain in the neck 6 Four are credited for a grand slam, briefly
10 Channel that a telly
may be tuned to 13 Fuel for a funny car 14 Dough 15 Contraction in
“Jingle Bells” 16 Formal turndown 17 Remnant of an
oceanic volcano 18 “The way I see it,” to
a texter
19 Establish a standard that’s easy to reach 22 Cameo, say 25 Vincent van Gogh or Queen Elizabeth I, notably
26 O, in the W.W. II Army/navy alphabet 27 Expressions of
enlightenment 29 “Between Two ___” (Zach Galifianakis show)
30 With 41-Across, make every effort to be accommodating 32 Ivory, but not ebony 33 Gobbled
34 One who might have to create an account
36 Utah senator Mike 39 Green New ___ 41 See 30-Across 43 Many city layouts 45 Big name in pasta sauce
46 Yours, in Tours 47 Song words after “Speaking words of wisdom …”
49 Most serious
51 Not meet expectations
53 As well
54 Big name in cosmetics
55 Pitch deliverer, perhaps
59 “Gross!”
60 Like excited fans in stadiums 61 “Crossing my fingers!”
62 B&B
63 Go-___
64 Contest described by 19-, 30-/41- and 51-Across
DOWN
1 “This is ___”
2 Kia subcompact 3 “___ complicated” 4 Got nice and toasty?
5 Home of the boy band BTS 6 “Divergent” author Veronica
7 Rude people in stadiums
8 “Who’da thunk it?!” 9 Utensil farthest left in a five-piece place setting
10 Standard contract text 11 Kvetch about 12 Groups in stadiums 14 Source of the line “Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth” 20 Bookstore section 21 Perlman of
“Cheers”
22 Variety of tea 23 Sarcastic
comeback 24 Stopped being so
loud
28 Its capital is
Oranjestad
31 Hot
32 Fix in place
35 More in need of a
lift?
37 One taking a bow for getting couples together? 38 Prepare for
publishing 40 Actress Falco 42 Gave a friendly
greeting, in a way 43 Squatting muscles 44 Fame
45 Leader of an
Episcopal parish 48 Mideast port that was home to Sinbad the sailor 50 To no ___
52 What incubators
provide 56 Old-fashioned
tattoo
57 Police dept. alert 58 Start of many an
art movement