The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
JOE DEENEY
ACROSS
1 “Out!”
6 Area of a room,
e.g.
10 Characters in the
“Iliad”?
15 2010 biodrama costarring 18-Across 18 See 15-Across 19 Frustrated and betting emotionally, in poker lingo 20 Skaggs of
bluegrass fame 21 Trailblazing astronaut Jemison
22 Make, with “out” 23 Some daring
ascents 25 1970s-‘80s TV character to whom the phrase “jumped the shark” originally referred
26 Barrett who co-founded Pink Floyd
27 Floats
29 No good at all 30 Deems proper 32 Greek peak 33 Cousin of
“Skol!” 35 Inspiration for van
Gogh
37 Upset
38 Big source for entertainment news
41 Glowing signs 42 Ran over
43 Not over the Internet, to a texter 46 Cardboard
recycling unit 47 Get slick, in a
way
49 “I never knew!” 50 Existential
question 51 Moriarty who wrote “Nine Perfect Strangers” 54 Match points? 56 1995 alternative rock album by 59-Across that is one of the bestselling albums of all time
59 See 56-Across 60 Where orders
come from 61 Actress Taylor-Joy of “The Queen’s Gambit” 62 “Peace”
DOWN
1 The Hawks of the
N.C.A.A., familiarly 2 Alternative to smooth, at the grocery
3 Back from
vacation, say 4 Sweet Italian
bubbly
5 Does drudgery,
old-style
6 Go for a lap? 7 Form couples 8 Active volcano near Peru’s dormant Pichu Pichu
9 “Squawk on the
Street” airer 10 “Just doing my
job”
11 One that gives a
hoot
12 Burns poem that opens “Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim’rous beastie” 13 Home of the only active diamond mine in the U.S. 14 Morally repulsive,
in slang
16 Tallest freestanding structure in the Western Hemisphere 17 Startled cry 24 Misses 25 Choreographer
Bob
28 “___ Nacht”
(Christmas carol) 29 Cut next to the
ribs
30 River spanned by the Pont Alexandre III 31 Slippery
swimmers 33 Genesee Brewery
offering
34 Ruffian
36 Lighting of the Olympic flame, and others 39 That’s what you
think!
40 “It was worth a
shot”
41 Classic arcade game in which players can be “on fire”
43 Set on fire 44 Industry with lots
to offer
45 ___ Newman, author of “Heather Has Two Mommies”
48 Ink, so to speak 51 Gifts at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport
52 Fingers
53 ___ mater 55 Sports sticker? 57 Serengeti grazer 58 Aunt, in Arequipa