new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Prop for Kermit the Frog 6 It’s big in the suburbs 15 Kind of acid 16 Something you shouldn’t knock? 17 What dots may

represent 18 “Stay cool!” 19 ___ mix 20 Ready to play,

with “up” 21 N.F.L. stat: Abbr. 22 ___ pants 24 Source of the phrases “cakes and ale” and “milk of human kindness”: Abbr. 25 Belize native 26 What “II” or “III”

may indicate 28 Profession of Clementine’s father in “Oh My Darling, Clementine” 29 R.A.F. award 32 Shrimp 33 Small job for a

gardener? 34 Noble one 36 Spelunker’s aid 37 High 38 Something cited

in a citation 39 Suffix with

transcript40 Über ___ 41 Origin of the word “behemoth” 43 Architect ___

van der Rohe 44 Knockout 45 Where Chekhov lived and Tolstoy summered 49 Big Apple ave. 50 Half of a

matched set 51 Inadequate 52 Girl in “The Music Man” with a floral name 55 Nil 56 Desktop

item 57 Elite unit 58 Capital on the

Raccoon River 59 Something from

the oven

DOWN

1 Mangle 2 ___ Tower (Pacific landmark) 3 More green 4 Spelling

problems? 5 Brass maker:

Abbr. 6 Year that Chaucer died 7 It follows a pattern 8 Stick 9 2001-05 Pontiac

made in Mexico 10 Org. in 1950s-’60s TV’s “Naked City” 11 Govt. lender 12 Where Syracuse

is a port 13 Elderly 14 Relative of

ocher 23 Where many

accidents occur 24 Lies out 25 Philadelphia

tourist attraction 27 Target of a

squat, for short 28 1960s dance,

with “the” 29 State of sleep 30 Student loan source, familiarly 31 Third-year hurdles, for some 33 2008 Libertarian presidential candidate 35 Lycée breaks 36 Temporal ___ 38 It may come

with a cookie 41 Kentucky county in a 1976 Oscar-winning documentary 42 Forest ranger? 44 Melvin who was called “The King of Torts” 46 Ruy ___ (chess

opening) 47 Relative of

ocher 48 Something from

the oven 50 Shot deliverer 53 Radiation unit 54 French

possessive 55 Use a laser on