NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Record label for Pink, SZA and H.E.R.
4 The “handsaw” in Hamlet’s “I know a hawk from a handsaw”
9 Song words preceding “his kiss” 14 They’re often caving, but not spelunking 16 Everybody’s opposite
17 “That’s genius!” 18 Put off
19 Show of Force? 20 Attacked in a snowball fight
21 A popular nightclub might have one 22 Take risks 23 Rutabaga, for one 26 “It’s all over for us!” 29 Canine protector 31 ___ system
32 Stage of metamorphosis 33 Syst. in which “Deaf Power” can be indicated by an open palm over one ear and the other hand forming a closed fist in the air
34 Couches
37 Hound
38 Toni Morrison title 40 Andre Young a.k.a. Dr. ___ 41 Architectural finish 43 Foe-run land? 46 Unnaturally white 47 Work through seven stages, say 48 Like holographic Pokémon cards 50 Takes it easy 51 Passage that might be a mess after a rainstorm 55 Kidney-related 56 Exonerating words 57 Stand and deliver? 58 “The Bachelor” outing
59 Not natural, in a way
60 Havens
61 Rubik’s Cube, once
DOWN
1 World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy, for short
2 Terse
3 Offshore
4 Starts off-key? 5 ___-les-bains, spa town on Lake Geneva 6 Amended, as a map
7 Some Minecraft blocks
8 Org. that advises on ransomware risk mitigation
9 Taking too much credit, say
10 Simple skating jump
11 Release of a new product to a limited audience 12 “This relationship has been a bit overwhelming” 13 Many a Comic-con
attendee
15 ___ Renaissance 20 Vexes
22 Skara ___, Scottish site of Europe’s most complete Neolithic village 23 Ride
24 Pandemic health
worker, say
25 Ones whose careers have turning points? 27 “The door’s open!” 28 Attach
30 Some Best Buy
offerings
35 “Fair point” 36 High-value ones are called “unicorns”
39 “Has the meeting
already begun?” 42 Account recovery
need
44 Gave a hoot 45 Bugles alternative 49 Lock horns
50 Cut down to size,
maybe
51 Bilingual girl of TV
and film 52 “Frozen” figure 53 Princess in “A Bug’s
Life”
54 Not natural, in a
way
56 Many a humanitarian effort, in brief