NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD
No. 0314
ACROSS
1 Pair on a schooner 6 Last in a series
9 It may be thrown by
a vaquero
14 “Hurry with your
dinner!” 15 “Gotcha!”
16 Like an obelisk at
night, maybe 17 Origin story in
Genesis 11:1-9 20 Colorful language? 21 Radar gun stat, for
short
23 Parks carefully 24 Co. that launched the world’s first communications satellite 27 Part of 10-Down 29 Last in a series 30 World capital noted for its French colonial architecture 32 Geocaching necessity, in brief
35 “No ___” (“Unacceptable”)
36 Actor Hawke 37 Headstone heading 38 1979 movie with the line “This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off”
39 Goes around 40 Legal position in
municipal govt. 41 Like lead or gold,
notably
42 Mario Kart platform 43 Tuber that can be
candied
44 A majority of the characters on TV’s “St. Elsewhere,” in brief
45 Neighbor of India: Abbr.
47 Component in a car’s
suspension system 50 “___, ___, it looks like rain!”: Christopher Robin
53 Big movie star, e.g. 55 What professional tennis has been in since 1968 57 Where an important call may be directed
58 System that ended
in 1917
59 Purplish red 60 Weeks in Spain
DOWN
1 Player at Citi Field 2 “That feels nice!” 3 Scientist who notably passed away on 33-Down (2018) 4 You might go on tiptoe while wearing this 5 Fungus-to-be 6 Celebratory seasons 7 First digit of this puzzle’s subject, whose next four digits are the number of rows and then columns of the grid 8 B-ball
9 Apply, as sunscreen 10 Some craft drafts,
for short
11 Scientist who was notably born on 33-Down (1879) 12 Make even
13 Home of the
Braves, for short 18 New Deal org. 19 What some thank
God for: Abbr. 21 Comedian and political commentator Bill 22 Who said “Courage is knowing what not to fear”
25 Carolina NHL’ers, informally
26 Like the main character in many a horror film ... or so they believe 28 “Same here” 29 Mathematician known for the constant “e” (2.71828) 31 Require
32 Starting point for a slippery slope argument 33 An irrational reason
to celebrate? 34 Captcha targets 35 One might center around being unprepared for a test
45 Something read by
a chiromancer 46 Actress Shawkat of
“Search Party” 48 Took a turn 49 Where the Chair of St. Peter can be found in St. Peter’s Basilica
51 ___ Major 52 Relatives of berets 54 “Get it?”
56 Gun lobby grp.