NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Banking annoyance associated with the 20s?

7 “Ah, got it now!”

13 Concerns for manufacturers

15 Sara who wrote the “Pretty Little Liars” books

16 2024, e.g.

18 Tiny social climber

19 Play ground?

20 ___ group

21 Evidence of crying

23 Rocked, so to speak

26 Part of a choir

27 Preschool recital

31 Pentagon figures

33 Regulation followers, in brief

34 Symbol of purity or spirituality

35 Like some brains and pool balls

37 Treat often eaten with a small wooden spoon

38 Institution of 40+ years that has many notable alums

39 Annual mecca for sci-fi and fantasy fans

43 Setting for a Twins or White Sox game: Abbr.

44 Personal number?

45 Cry after a motion

46 Kit ___

47 Withdraw (from)

49 Just plain silly

50 Honors held by only one U.S. president and one U.K. prime minister

51 Celebratory greeting for 16-Across

54 Bull-like

56 Apple Pay, e.g.

59 Bit of sportswear

60 Pasta shaped like wagon wheels

61 Legit

62 Learning opportunity

DOWN

1 “Game of Thrones” character whose name means “noble” in Sanskrit

2 Many a camp counselor

3 Exam for a doc-tobe

4 Way out

5 Grilled corn-onthe-cob dish, in Mexican cuisine

6 Red-and-green headwear

7 “This can’t be good”

8 Olympian Strug or Walsh Jennings

9 Sierra Nevada or Lagunitas offering

10 Long-running account

11 Carrier of a bow and arrow

12 ___ Mode, character in “The Incredibles”

14 House speaker’s place

15 Scrapes

17 Lacks, informally

21 Material for deck chairs

22 “Canvas” for digital art?

23 Capital with an airport named after Chopin

24 Common gift during Chinese Spring Festival

25 Some local sports associations, informally

28 Home to the Crazy Horse Memorial

29 Man with a Manx, say

30 Sister brand of Miracle-gro

32 One of two in a tournament

34 Grant temporary custody?

36 ___ clothing

37 Badly off-base?

40 One born between the mid-1960s and 1980

41 Smoothie berry

42 Discuss something (with)

48 Woman’s name that becomes a direction when its fourth letter is changed

50 Loses color

52 Puma rival

53 Actress Blanchett

54 “Ba-a-a-ad!”

55 “Is that ___?”

57 “Telephone Line” band, in brief

58 Half a score