The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Beginner, in lingo 5 Beaten via a referee’s decision, for short

9 Menial position 14 Words sung twice before “A pirate’s life for me” 15 Pint-size

16 Where the terminal dash in “Home Alone” takes place 17 Organized

workers 19 Mythical lion’s

home

20 Apt name for a

worrier

21 One driving kids

to a rink, say 23 “Roger that” 26 Sticking points? 27 Hindi for “reign” 28 Honor student’s

pride, for short 29 Put up with 30 Accustoms (to) 32 Like planes and

flags

33 Kind of lily

34 Fuel for a

mustang? 35 Lucky hit for a

Ping-Pong player 39 Non-starters 42 Successfully

study

44 Impostor

syndrome feeling 45 The Heat, on

scoreboards 46 Catch

47 Prefix with sexual 48 Jailers … or a hint to “unlocking” four answers in this puzzle

50 Vie to get 52 Sound of a mouse

pointer? 53 Skirt

54 She played Billie Jean King

in 2017’s “Battle of the Sexes” 58 Formal decrees 59 “___ Creator Omnium” (ancient hymn) 60 Biblical son of

Seth

61 Raring to go 62 Francis Drake and Ernest Shackleton, for two 63 Community served by Lambda Legal, in brief

DOWN

1 Sch. with the Elmer Holmes Bobst Library 2 Seemingly for-ever

3 Moonshine

container 4 Plunder

5 “You shoulda kept

that to yourself” 6 Stuffed Jewish

dish

7 How some ballet

is performed

8 ___ golf

9 Jordan Peele’s production company, named for a classic horror short story

10 Natives of the

Great Plains

11 Like some signals

and traffic

12 Their name has the “re” of “cream” and the two o’s from “chocolate”

13 Big smile 18 “Psst!”

alternative 22 Certain high-fat, low-carb diet, informally 23 Treasures buried

in the hills

24 Bob ___, co-creator of Batman

25 Photo ___ 29 Calculating 31 Purchases for a

high-tech hobby 32 Peeps, so to

speak

34 Solution to a bad

hair day, maybe 36 1981 video game that featured the first appearance of Mario

37 Age, in a way 38 Moves out to

sea 40 Thanksgiving 41 Gen-Z style with emo and anime influences

42 Go public with 43 Bugaboos

44 Boil down 45 Soothing sound 47 “___ On Up” (“The Jeffersons” theme)

48 Marisa of “My

Cousin Vinny” 49 ___ One (vodka

brand)

50 Actress ___

Pinkett Smith 51 Gangbusters 55 Word with bad or

smart

56 Head, slangily 57 The “e” of i.e.