The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Questions of surprise?
8 Certain native of the Mideast 15 Like cranks
16 Indian spice mixes 17 Duraflame product
18 Cause of a decrease in the
cost of gasoline
19 Contents of some wells 20 Literally, “one who is sent off” 22 ___ Chinmoy, onetime Indian
spiritual leader
23 Pass it on!
25 Law school subject
26 What’s mixed with bismuth, lead and cadmium to make cerrosafe
27 A host of, in brief
29 “Stronger With ___ Tear,” 2009 hit album for Mary J. Blige
30 Fail badly
31 Words of acceptance
33 “Is this such a good idea?” 35 Request from a host 37 Where I-25 meets I-40: Abbr. 38 Pippi Longstocking feature 41 Things on the heads of some
outlaws
45 Controvert
46 Dix minus un
48 Pass through D.C.?
49 ___ and ran
50 L.A. jazz venue where Thelonious Monk recorded a live album, with “the”
52 Get
53 Duds at an awards ceremony,
maybe 54 They’ve got to hand it to you 56 ___-tip (beef cut) 57 Quickly and soon 59 Headliner
61 “Oh, that’s good!” 62 Sunblock blocks it
63 Manor house attendant 64 Some charges for animal
lovers
DOWN
1 Standard Disney fare
2 River with the second-largest discharge volume in the New World, after the Amazon 3 BBQ specialty
4 “Por ___?”
5 First sch. to win 100 N.C.A.A.
titles
6 [knock on wood] 7 Baby-to-be
8 Face of the internet?
9 Online marketing giant with a
primate in its logo
10 Some vacation getaways 11 Low-quality paper
12 Likely M.V.P. candidate 13 Bullish 14 Cry of ineptitude
21 Popular baitfish
24 Potential topic to discuss in
science class?
28 Meat
30 Strenuous
32 Rabbit ears
34 “Wot’s dat over ___?” 36 Hybrid Thanksgiving dessert 38 Flower in the nightshade
family
39 Rounded, say
40 Quiet period
42 Charge for some truckers 43 Drawing of the body without
its skin, from the French 44 One of the Lesser Antilles 45 Kind of pool
47 Go from E to F
50 Challenge for a language
learner
51 Musical equivalent of two
whole notes
55 What halophobia is the fear
of
58 Baby
60 “What’s the ___?”