NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Cries
8 What something unexpected might do
13 “Just give it time” 14 ___ Manette, woman in “A Tale of Two Cities” 15 The Jonas
Brothers, e.g. 16 Needle on a
thread? 17 Female
kangaroos 18 Swarm
19 Color similar to
lilac
20 “Herb” … or a
lead-in to herb 21 What some consume on a diet
22 Court figure,
informally 23 Balanced, as
some molecules 25 A mover … but not a shaker, one hopes 26 Practice squad?:
Abbr. 27 Welcome
28 “You guys
STINK!,” e.g. 30 Interior secretary
Haaland 31 Things going beyond your control?
35 Big name in construction equipment 36 Student enrolled in courses like Contracts and Civil Procedures 37 Wreck 38 Chap 39 Overextend 40 The U.N.’s smallest member
41 Pill bug or wood
louse
43 Billy Joel’s “___ Always a Woman”
45 In, in the past 46 Water ___, mammal dubbed the “cheetah of the wetlands” for its speed and stealth
47 Bread with charred brown spots
48 Give (out) 49 Cameos might
be seen on one 50 Things to settle 52 Give it a whirl! 53 Flotsam once in
Boston Harbor 54 Nonstop
55 “A party? Count
me in!”
DOWN
1 “Wanna tell me
more?”
2 “History is a set of ___ agreed upon” (remark attributed to Napoleon) 3 Suffix with liquid 4 Get down
5 High winds? 6 LeAnn of country
music
7 Small part of a
watch 8 “Gosford Park”
director, 2001 9 Like the homes of roughly one in six Americans 10 Hunger
hyperbole 11 Jewelry gift for a
25th anniversary 12 Some fishermen 13 Butt of a joke? 15 Throw for six,
informally 21 Secure
22 Word with door
or dance 24 Steal
25 One of seven for
Salome 28 “That’s what I
just said!” 29 Good name for a last-minute planner?
30 Pest control brand once touted by Muhammad Ali 32 It’s between the
shoulders
33 Hot rods popular
in the ‘60s 34 Pre-algebra class calculations 38 Casual dining
setting 39 Nearing 40 Person of
integrity
42 World leader associated with the justicialism movement 43 State capital dubbed the “Cherry City” 44 Attacked 47 Terse denial 48 Active person 51 Michael of “Saturday Night Live”