NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Officially accepted works
6 Follow orders 10 Section of grasscovered dirt
13 Be melodramatic on stage
14 Actor Carell of “The Office” 15 Wonderment 16 Q.U.E.U.E.S.
18 The “N” of N.Y.C. 19 Opera highlight 20 Direction of the morning light
21 Site to buy and sell handicrafts 22 Share, as a Twitter post
24 Barack, Michelle, Sasha or Malia 27 E+X+T+R+A+S 31 Seventh planet from the sun 34 Money for a mortgage
35 Salt Lake City collegian 36 Longer-lasting nail polish options 37 Highest number on a die
38 Give credit in a footnote 39 “Wonder Woman” star Gadot 40 Places to relax while getting all steamed up? 42 Himalayan country that’s home to the world’s highest unclimbed mountain 44 W/H/E/E/L/S 47 Lamb’s cry 48 Continuously 52 Floating marker on a swim course 54 Prussia’s ___ von Bismarck
56 Get smaller, as the moon 57 ___-compliant (wheelchairaccessible, say) 58 D-R-E-A-M-S 61 Neither’s partner 62 Prove helpful 63 School vacation 64 Finale
65 Calendar boxes 66 In a strange way
DOWN
1 Fragrant wood 2 Love, to Michelangelo
3 Cry heard at the start of a game of tag
4 Residents of Canada’s capital 5 Once named 6 Redding who sang “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” 7 Compartmented Japanese lunch 8 Allhallows ___
9 “I’d love to!” 10 Costume for St. Nick
11 Is behind financially 12 Like grass on a misty morning 14 Bluish gray hue 17 Owners’ papers 21 Bird that can sprint up to
30 m.p.h. 23 Alternative to .com and .org 25 Feathery neckwear 26 Raggedy ___ (doll) 28 Classification for the barely famous 29 “At Last” singer James
30 Sighted
31 Popular brand of sheepskin boots 32 Authentic
33 Train conductor’s cry
37 “Lamentably …” 38 Bit of foul language 40 “That’s all ___ wrote”
41 Split ___ soup 42 Hatchlings for a 43-Down
43 Coop mother 45 Sneaky
46 Spy’s gathering 49 Recorded on cassette
50 15-time N.B.A. Allstar Shaquille 51 Nettlesome
52 ___ of one’s existence
53 Thick Japanese noodle
55 The one right here
58 Father
59 Director Duvernay 60 “Game of Thrones” airer