The New York Times Crossword
Answers below
ACROSS
1 Record label for Pink, SZA and H.E.R.
4 The “handsaw” in Hamlet’s “I know a hawk from a handsaw”
9 Song words preceding “his kiss”
14 They’re often caving, but not spelunking 16 Everybody’s opposite 17 “That’s genius!”
18 Put off
19 Show of Force? 20 Attacked in a snowball fight
21 A popular nightclub might have one
22 Take risks
23 Rutabaga, for one
26 “It’s all over for us!” 29 Canine protector
31 ___ system
32 Stage of metamorphosis
33 Syst. in which “Deaf Power” can be indicated by an open palm over one ear and the other hand forming a closed fist in the air
34 Couches
37 Hound
38 Toni Morrison title 40 Andre Young a.k.a. Dr. ___
41 Architectural finish 43 Foe-run land? 46 Unnaturally white
47 Work through seven stages, say
48 Like holographic Pokémon cards
50 Takes it easy
51 Passage that might be a mess after a rainstorm 55 Kidney-related 56 Exonerating words 57 Stand and deliver?
58 “The Bachelor” outing 59 Not natural, in a way 60 Havens
61 Rubik’s Cube, once
DOWN
1 World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy, for short 2 Terse
3 Offshore
4 Starts off-key? 5 ___-les-bains, spa town on Lake Geneva 6 Amended, as a map 7 Some Minecraft blocks 8 Org. that advises on ransomware risk mitigation
9 Taking too much credit, say
10 Simple skating jump 11 Release of a new product to a limited audience
12 “This relationship has been a bit overwhelming”
13 Many a Comic-con attendee
15 ___ Renaissance
20 Vexes
22 Skara ___, Scottish site of Europe’s most complete Neolithic village 23 Ride
24 Pandemic health worker, say
25 Ones whose careers have turning points?
27 “The door’s open!” 28 Attach
30 Some Best Buy offerings
35 “Fair point”
36 High-value ones are called “unicorns”
39 “Has the meeting already begun?”
42 Account recovery need 44 Gave a hoot
45 Bugles alternative
49 Lock horns
50 Cut down to size, maybe 51 Bilingual girl of TV and film
52 “Frozen” figure
53 Princess in “A Bug’s Life”
54 Not natural, in a way 56 Many a humanitarian effort, in brief