NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 World capital whose name means “new flower”

11 Some sleepless nights

15 Areas impacted by global recessions? 16 Place for some outlets

17 “So you’re in?”

18 It might be enhanced with puppy dog eyes 19 Traffic controllers, in brief?

20 Sink hole

21 Blows away 22 Connected via Bluetooth, say 24 “Well, OK, sure” 25 Accessory in many a baby carriage 26 Spice up 28 Facilities

30 Satyajit Ray’s “The ___ Trilogy”

31 Ring

35 Intimates

37 Where one might look for a good club

39 Not supporting 40 “___ … Sasha Fierce” (2008 #1 album) 42 Basic assessment 43 Grape variety authorized for Bordeaux

46 “Give it a ___!” 47 Parlays, e.g. 50 Duo who have to give up their foosball table spot 52 It’s slightly larger than all of New England combined 53 Quite a view 54 Crossbreed 57 Tourney stage 58 Santa’s is H0H 0H0, in Canada 60 Hype

61 “We’re doomed!” 62 Vikram ___, author of “A Suitable Boy” 63 They’re about to say “I do”

DOWN

Something a person typically drops on purpose One shot, perhaps One of several in a trend, statistically 4 “Kind of” suffix 5 Mobile relatives 6 Place of worship 7 Diagonals, in sewing

8 “What do you

think?”

9 “I’ve ___ a Woman” (Sonia Sanchez poetry collection) 10 Behind

11 One who can finally stop postponing that long R.V. trip, maybe

12 Treasure

13 W.N.B.A. star ___

Delle Donne

1

2 3 14 Part of 1/2

21 “Desus & Mero”

airer, for short 23 Peak figure

24 Take badly?

25 Slay

27 Modern installation 28 Fourth letter of the

Arabic alphabet 29 Shadows

32 Knight shift, e.g. 33 Person you might

bring a gift for 34 Decide

36 Amount owed 38 “That a fact?” 41 Mccarthy of “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”

44 Queer identity for one who feels little to no romantic attraction, informally 45 Someone to split

the bill with

47 Puffs

48 “Easy on Me” singer,

2021

49 Reach

51 Stop turning, as an

engine 53 Democracy

imperative

55 Like many bar patrons, informally

56 Gen ___ (demographic group, in brief) 58 Fix

59 Bully … but not a

bull