The 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 docto-be

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 mid1960s 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