The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Lottery game originally played using Chinese characters
5 “___ Indahouse” (2002 comedy)
9 Bad lighting?
14 ___ Sea
15 Word before and after “a”
16 Back in
17 Hackathons and “Star Trek” conventions, say
19 Had in mind
20 Trial that might involve
a monologue
22 Love, they say
23 When some people
meet for lunch
24 Fuel-efficient option
26 Kind of housing aimed at low-income residents, in brief
27 Sydney’s home, for
short
28 Locale for a lowing herd in Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”
30 Part that may be
contracted
32 Actor Mortensen
34 Double-texted, say
35 “Actually, this is what
we’re doing now …”
38 Present-day vehicle? 39 Half-human/half-bird
creature of myth
40 Some “bearded” dogs
42 Campsite org.
43 Bygone ___
46 Drill sound
47 Color akin to
“driftwood”
49 Class or order
51 “___ of Dogs” (hit
2018 animated film)
53 Kids acting out?
55 Omega alternative
57 What might cover a lid
58 Like Mufasa, but not
Nala, in “The Lion King”
59 What a kid drinks from
60 Apportion
61 Fuzzy finish
62 Brand of cooler
63 Hydrogen sulfide has a
distinctive one
DOWN
1 Dwight Eisenhower, for one
2 Puts up
3 Come to a point?
4 Like days long past
5 “Couldn’t agree more!”
6 Where a whodunit may reveal “who done it”
7 Bury
8 Spill it!
9 Spot for a shot
10 Easily swayed person,
metaphorically
11 Something a birthdate
determines
12 Workers who must maintain a sterile environment, in brief
13 “Uh-oh”
18 Vibing with something
21 Go into the majors, say
25 Facial hair also known
as a “mouche”
29 Ivory tower sort
31 Celebration over the end of W.W. II, informally
32 Colorado ski mecca
33 “Whoa!”
35 Fictional detective
first seen in a 1964 film
36 A counselor may be at
the end of one
37 Option for a vegetarian
38 Splits
41 Feeling of conviction
43 Gave off
44 “Mr. ___” (1983 Styx
hit)
45 Something
“Jeopardy!” gives you
48 Part of a check list?
50 Budget alternative
52 Just made, with “out”
54 Province in Piedmont
56 “Intimations of
Immortality,” for one