The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 New York City’s ___
Delano Roosevelt Park 5 “This is dear mercy, and thou ___ it not”: “Romeo and Juliet” 10 Loretta of “M*A*S*H” 14 Member of hoi polloi 15 Place to look for a
date
17 Jai ___
18 Some phone notifications during March Madness
19 *Family name in
Shakespeare
21 *Pill form
22 Bit of pool wear 23 Leaves on the line 24 One might be measured by the pound 25 “True that”
27 Apple varieties 29 Conway in the Country
Music Hall of Fame 31 Stat that doesn’t
apply to Teslas
34 First Billboard #1 hit for U2 ... and a hint to the answers to the four starred clues 37 “Coronation ___”
(Elgar composition) 38 Woman’s name that
sounds festive
39 Gives quite a shock 40 Guinness record-holder for the most career goals in football 41 Blowout 42 *Family name in
Shakespeare
47 *Film technique sometimes used to show the passage of time 50 Never-before-seen 51 Livened (up)
52 “No problemo!” 55 Standout diva performances
56 One who doesn’t give
up
57 “Right away, boss!” 58 Pay (up)
59 Fired (up)
60 They’re in one year
and out the other
DOWN
1 Inundates with junk 2 OK
3 Help to get back on
one’s feet?
4 In need of toning
down
5 Absorb
6 Language in which “Hello, how are you?” is “Halò, ciamar a tha thu?” 7 Cancún-to-Havana dir. 8 Having all one needs 9 Determines as the
source
10 Fitbit units
11 New York paper that published the very first crossword (1913) 12 Put in the ground 13 Likely to snap 15 Bandleader Xavier 16 Part of an aircraft
wing
20 Follows, as a tip 23 Willowy
25 “You can count on
me”
26 Championship
27 ___ Jima
28 In the center of 29 Place for a #
30 Lin ___, author of the best seller “The Importance of Living” 31 Billboard’s year-end
#1 single of 1979
32 “To Helen” poet
33 ___ Fring, “Breaking
Bad” bad guy 35 Mariner’s skill 36 Brings to mind, as a
flavor
41 Reason to say “Duh!” 42 “You Can’t Take It
With You” director, 1938
43 Unfamiliar
44 Skirt or curtain feature
45 What might end a
wrestling match 46 System of modified spellings used on the internet
47 Like N.F.L. referees
since 1975 48 Extremely cold 49 Modifications to text 51 Stare slack-jawed
53 A Stark, to a Lannister,
on “Game of Thrones” 54 Reluctant to give
details