0530-26 NY Times Crossword 30 May 26, Saturday

Constructed by: Malaika Handa & Erik Agard
Edited by: Will Shortz

Today’s Theme: None

Bill’s time: 16m 42s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

We have family visiting right now, celebrating a couple of birthdays. And so I was only able to find time to work the puzzle, and write up this abbreviated post. I will get to the full post just as soon as I can.

Apologies, and thank you for your understanding.

Bill

Complete List of Clues/Answers

Across

1A Man’s name that, like Otto, is also an Italian number : TRE
4A Missing unexpectedly : AWOL
8A Times up : AT BATS
14A Vet’s report : WAR STORY
16A Poogle or Cybunny : NEOPET
17A Movie trailer narrator’s first words, often : IN A WORLD
18A Fresh Rolls, for example? : NEW CAR
19A Prominent ingredient in a Taiwanese chicken soup : SESAME OIL
21A 2014 historical drama in which Stephan James plays the civil rights activist John Lewis : SELMA
22A Swarm : TEEM
23A Roti alternative : NAAN
25A Last name in magazine publishing : NAST
26A Whiz : PRO
29A “French” or “sliced” haircut : BOB
31A Music recording space, informally : STU
32A Old political slogan of the women’s suffrage and labor movements : BREAD AND ROSES
36A “No more games!” : PLAYTIME’S OVER!
37A Drinks popular among bodybuilders : PROTEIN SHAKES
38A Quintana ___, easternmost of Mexico’s 31 states : ROO
39A Peaceful, so to speak : ZEN
40A What’s represented by a jiggled thumbs-up, in sign language : TEN
41A Org. that includes the Forest Service : USDA
43A Agency-issued rules, for short : REGS
46A Prosperous period : BOOM
50A Express misgivings : DEMUR
52A Mutual aid event that originated in 1920s Harlem : RENT PARTY
55A Like Marilyn Monroe’s beauty mark : ICONIC
57A Gathering with grills and grilles : TAILGATE
58A Popular export from Islay or Speyside : SCOTCH
59A Part of a cabinet that’s made overseas : MINISTER
60A Osaka’s island : HONSHU
61A Word used in conditional coding : ELSE
62A Settings for some residents, for short : ERS

Down

1D Switcheroo : TWIST
2D Flying ___ (train between Mumbai and Surat) : RANEE
3D DO NOT ___ : ERASE
4D Nuclide, e.g. : ATOM
5D Abraded : WORE
6D Fabric debuted by DuPont in the 1940s : ORLON
7D Olympic golf gold medalist ___ Ko : LYDIA
8D Princess played by Audrey Hepburn in “Roman Holiday” : ANN
9D Some gift shop merch : TEES
10D Former “S.N.L.” comic ___ Yang : BOWEN
11D Students might get credit from them : AP CLASSES
12D Semi professional? : TEAMSTER
13D Low-level cloud : STRATUS
15D Rodent that lives in South American marshes : SWAMP RAT
20D Mideast yogurt dip eaten with pita : LABNEH
24D Acknowledges, in a way : NODS AT
27D Singer Jessie with the hit 2020 album “Before Love Came to Kill Us” : REYEZ
28D Like Cheerios vis-à-vis Lucky Charms, say : OATIER
30D Strapped for cash : BROKE
32D Color effect of a lunar eclipse : BLOOD MOON
33D Evening call to kids playing in the yard : DINNER!
34D Early hrs. : AMS
35D They hold roasts : OVEN BAGS
36D Italian sparkling wine : PROSECCO
37D Pearl-clutching : PRUDISH
42D High-ranking women in “The Handmaid’s Tale” : AUNTS
44D “See what I mean?” : GET ME?
45D Perpetual homebody? : SNAIL
47D Make a delivery, in a way : ORATE
48D Mammal with webbed feet : OTTER
49D Personality test co-inventor Isabel Briggs ___ : MYERS
51D Rolling in it : RICH
53D Popcorn holders : TINS
54D Ballet term from the French for “folded” : PLIE
56D “Wicked” director Jon M. ___ : CHU