9/24/16 Answer New York Times Crossword

9/24/16

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1D
I wasn’t expecting it, but …
SOMEHOW …

2D
Skipping sounds
TRA-LA-LA

3D
Seriously …
ALL KIDDING ASIDE

4D
New Deal power agcy.
REA

5D
Colt 45, e.g., informally
MALT

6D
Writer Nin
ANAIS

7D
Classic film whose soundtrack is famously composed entirely of strings
PSYCHO

8D
One going around the block?
SCULPTOR

9D
Shakes
LOSES

10D
Portfolio parts, for short
IRAS

11D
Many an email attachment
PDF

12D
Italian food named after a queen
PIZZA MARGHERITA

13D
Amazon, e.g.
ETAILER

14D
Curbs
REINS IN

18D
Clearing
OKING

23D
Things corporations and fire trucks both have
LADDERS

25D
[Emergency!]
CODE RED!

27D
Like kiwi fruits
SEEDY

29D
Engine sound
THRUM

31D
Cool, in slang
DEF

33D
Drain
SAP

35D
Pacific Island group
SOLOMONS

37D
Dishes sometimes served with Riojas
PAELLAS

38D
Blink of an eye
INSTANT

39D
___-A
RETIN

41D
Like the Olympic flame
ETERNAL

42D
Fairy tale figures
DAMSELS

45D
Someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself, per Oprah
MENTOR

48D
Dakota dialect
TETON

49D
Olympic skier Phil or Steve
MAHRE

52D
Modern know-it-all
SIRI

53D
Bull Run victors
REBS

56D
Double ___
DIP

57D
I already have other plans, often
LIE

1A
Collection of high lights?
STAR MAP

8A
Something a dog might fetch
SLIPPER

15A
Capital of the French department of Loiret
ORLEANS

16A
Smokeless explosive
CORDITE

17A
Youngest-ever Nobel Prize recipient
MALALA YOUSAFZAI

19A
Pennsylvania county named for an animal
ELK

20A
Delights
TICKLES

21A
Cab alternative
ZIN

22A
Cold shower?
HAIL

24A
Missouri and Arizona
SHIPS

25A
Fast-food menu information: Abbr.
CALS

26A
___ dirt
OLD AS

28A
Mich neighbor
ONT

29A
Love Is Strange actress
TOMEI

30A
In a ball
WADDED

32A
Frickin’
GOSH DARN

34A
Things discussed at une académie
IDEES

36A
Like safeties vis-à-vis field goals
RARER

37A
Missed a lot
PINED FOR

40A
Got rid of
PURGED

43A
Hot
ANGRY

44A
Science fiction author Stanislaw
LEM

46A
Indian-born maestro
MEHTA

47A
Spanish pronoun
ESAS

48A
Head of an Indian tribe
TOTEM

50A
Hold
DEEM

51A
Mil figures
LTS

52A
Colloquy
SEMINAR

54A
Pennsylvania and others: Abbr.
RRS

55A
Was brutally honest
LAID IT ON THE LINE

58A
Firedog
ANDIRON

59A
Electron’s area around an atom
ORBITAL

60A
Easy shoes to put on
STEP-INS

61A
Makes secret again, as court documents
RESEALS