The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Shade of red
5 Food drive donation 8 Highly skilled sorts 14 Like most job interviews
16 Heartily enjoy, as a
joke
17 End of a plug, often 18 Greatly respect 19 Record executive’s
stack
21 ___ Daily, popular podcast for armchair athletes
22 Packaged ration, for
short
23 Number six in a group
of five
24 Lux. locale
27 “___ true”
28 Ice cream thickeners 30 Makeup of some
waste lines
33 Place for a bead 34 Dobermans and mastiffs, traditionally 35 Recreational sports
association for adults 37 Tool used on a padlock 38 Couple’s enthusiastic
R.S.V.P.
39 “Jiminy Christmas!” 43 Beverage option at early McDonald’s restaurants 44 Acrobat’s platform 45 Literally, “peace” 46 Info next to alumni
names, maybe: Abbr. 47 ___-Mex (cuisine) 49 “This tastes delicious!,” maybe
50 Cut deeply
52 Nominee for the first two Nobel Prizes in Literature (1901-02), but never won
55 Treat commonly eaten
with a wooden utensil 58 Foodies
59 Key of Beethoven’s
Seventh
60 V formation?
61 Bee activity
62 ___ tax
63 Conference foes of the
Buffaloes
DOWN
1 It shows the way 2 Experience
3 Dirty, in a way 4 Rationale for a dumb
stunt, in modern slang 5 The emperor’s old
clothes?
6 Smartphone payment that unlocks premium content
7 Double birdie?
8 In time?: Abbr.
9 Sow : pig :: ___ : koala 10 Projecting edge 11 Grand standing 12 Atlantic game fish 13 Pro with a pad
15 So and so? 20 Things that might be kept covered in a kitchen
25 Reason for a restart 26 Top of a chain, maybe 29 Like an evangelical
Christian
31 Dear
32 Came down hard (on) 34 Attention ___
36 John Milton’s “Lycidas” is one
37 Finger food at a pastry
shop?
38 Pen pal’s request 40 “Be my guest” 41 Eisenhower’s boyhood
home
42 Adulterates
43 Series finales
44 Smart ___
48 “Still ___” (2014 drama that earned a Best Actress Oscar) 51 Mecca trekker
53 List of choices
54 Origin of some lyrics sung in “The Lion King”
56 Host
57 Ending of many a web
address