The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

NO. 0411

ACROSS

1 Tibetan monk

5 On the ___

(fleeing) 8 Something caught in a theater 13 Bajillions 14 Emotion that may

be pent up 15 Saoirse of “Lady

Bird”

16 Famous fighting

words

19 Highmaintenance star 20 Spiritual leader who rides in a customized car 21 Musician Bartók

or Fleck

22 Took to court 23 Item made of ingredients grown without pesticides 29 Good number to

shoot for

30 As well 31 “Tightrope”

singer Janelle 32 They’s pronoun

partner 34 Uberfan, in

modern lingo 37 Machines that remove cotton seeds 38 “Honestly, though

…”

40 Web crawler, of a

sort

42 Up to, informally 43 Color-matching puzzle game with billions of downloads Acronym for a champion among champions

48 100 cents 49 “Mind ... blown!” 47 53 “My Sister’s Keeper” author Picoult

54 Travel crosscountry … or a description of what 16-, 23and 43-Across do?

58 Sch. founded by

Ben Franklin 59 Old “You’ve got

mail” sloganeer 60 Radio dial 61 Good thing to have on the books 62 Pick up 63 “Neither rain nor

snow …” org.

DOWN

1 Hammurabi’s area

of expertise 2 Chicken ___ king 3 Misunderstood song lyric like “’Scuse me while I kiss this guy” 4 Hun from whom Dracula claims to be descended, in Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”

5 Pop star Dua ___ 6 Horror director

Aster 7 Rendezvous

(with)

8 Battle cry in

“Braveheart” 9 Roller coaster

feature

10 What is offered

when you call 411 11 Overly theatrical,

as a B-movie 12 Part of pants that

may be well worn 17 ___-garde 18 “Clueless”

protagonist 21 Hindu god of

creation

22 Ewan McGregor or Craig Ferguson, by birth 23 That’s some

nerve! 24 Siri’s platform 25 Jackapoo or

schnoodle 26 Christians who don’t believe in the Trinity

27 “Are we done

here?” 28 Scientist on one side of the “War of the Currents” 33 Fuming

35 Share a border

with

36 Votes against 39 Lawrence Taylor, for all his N.F.L. career, in brief 41 Teen drama that inspired “Laguna Beach”

44 Pulls a fast one

on

45 Motley

46 Puzzle craze of

2006

49 The rain in Spain? 50 Brooms : Roombas :: ___ : Scoobas 51 “Pocket rockets,”

in poker

52 The “Z” of ZIP

code

53 Cola brand with a lightning bolt in its logo

55 Single digit? 56 Soak (up) 57 Onetime network for Conan O’Brien