The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Milk duds?
11 Fictional group led by a Dark Lord
15 Setting for some high school experimentation
16 More than a couple
17 Feel elation
18 “Who ___ and mends, to God himself commends”: Cervantes
19 J.J. or T.J. of the N.F.L.
20 Mount seen from Reggio Calabria
21 Targets of reflexology
22 Sign of a big hit?
25 Service accessories
27 Escape room?
29 Longti m e celebrity gossip show
31 Film ineligible to get an Oscar
34 Band whose debut albu m , “Murmur,” was Rolling Stone’s 1983 Album of the Year
35 Top spot, in brief
36 Move quickly
37 Snack for a pangolin
38 Ranch alternative
42 Feuding bigtime
43 Betting emotionally, in poker slang
44 Guitarist Carlos
47 Syst. in which making an “L” with the thumb and index finger and raising the pinkie means “I love you”
48 Musical figure in Dungeons & Dragons
49 Daredevil’s equipment, maybe
51 Video ga m e hurdle
55 “The Big Lebowski” protagonist, with “the”
56 “This outfit looks ridiculous”
59 Apt laptop choice for a tennis pro?
60 Grass-roots marketing group
61 Hankerings
62 Little surprises in computer games, e.g.
Down
1 Link warning
2 Alma mater for Jackie Robinson, in brief
3 ___ Games, developer behind League of Legends
4 Rear guard?
5 Ding for a QB
6 Base fig.
7 Holder of very small blueprints
8 Go on and on
9 Precipitous?
10 ___ Lincoln Harris, early Black economist
11 Italian football coach ___ Pioli
12 “That’s beside the point!”
13 One going out on ali mb?
14 Whole bunch
23 One taking a lode off?
24 Crispy confection
26 Archenemy
27 Hunter gatherer?
28 B-worthy
30{ T,H, I, S }, in mathematics
31 Ragù, e.g.
32 Consequently
33 Grand outlook
34 Co m pany acquired by G.E. in 1986
39 Independent in Congress beginning in 1991
40 Nomads
41 “OK, try me”
45 Become apparent
46 Pact replaced by the U.S.M.C.A. in 2020
48 Party time, informally
50 Actress Amanda
52 Man’s na m e that becomes a popular toy brand if you move the first letter to the end
53 Smeltery waste
54 Jazz singer Sylvia
57 Wrangler competitor
58 Orch. section