The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 The works of

many conductors

9 Written remembrance, for short

13 Advocate for a 61-Across, informally

14 ___ chip

16 Bump or spike

17 Bishop, e.g.

19 Canoodle

20 Home theater

installation

22 Arpad ___, creator of an eponymous chess rating system

23 Mill fodder

25 First syllable of a rhyming film genre

26 Of all the noises known to man, it is the most expensive, per an old quip

28 Feng shui energy

30 Gluttonous sort

32 More than great

33 Challenge for some funny video compilations

36 “That’s just how it

is!”

37 Refrain from going on road trips?

38 Shade akin to peridot

___ Lingus

39

40 The “dark” part of

a Dark ’n’ Stormy

41 Takes in the paper

43 Tune often in 2/4

time

45 Is not so important, comparatively speaking

49 Bar or bell

follower

50 Social media post labeled “Sponsored,” e.g.

53 Shortening that

omits “gram”

54 One side of the

Bering Sea

56 “Sign me up!”

58 Teed off

59 2019 #1 hit by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello

60 One may be stolen

or planted

61 Member of an “international brotherhood”

DOWN

1 Task for a

conductor

2 ___ circle

3 Nina of fashion

4 Spiraled

5 French article

6 Things that may be traditional, for short

7 Covid-era

purchases 8 One who has ways of making you talk ...

9 Never again

10 “The Jungle Book”

character

11 Cold, hard stuff

12 What might turn you red on a green

15 Offshore fixtures

18 Luxury brand ... or a non-luxury option

21 Revolting sort

24 Herb with a

creeping variety

27 Mediators and

honest brokers

29 Shortening that

omits “gram”

31 Many an entrylevel position

33 Where you might run into some real characters? 34 They who shall

not be named

35 Simple bucket

36 Capital on the

Mediterranean

37 Greeting that contains another greeting backward

42 Benefits

44 Open call, in

modeling lingo

46 OK

47 Thrill

48 Naval acronym

51 Pops

52 Food that contains another food item backward

55 “___ Vermont” (winter tourist slogan)

57 First syllable of a rhyming film genre