NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Cambridge student, informally 7 Militant sort 12 Scrubbed 14 Mystery writer ___

Jackson Braun 15 Start of a

big fight? 16 Champagne is one 17 One difficult

to tie down 19 Billing units: Abbr. 20 Dreamer of myth 21 Brand of change-counting machines

23 TV Gold?

24 ___ New York (upscale department store chain) 25 Short but not

necessarily sweet 26 Apple sauce topped nosh 27 Prestigious research university 29 Split

30 Colorful summer

treats

33 Turkish

pooh-bah 34 Placated,

with “to” 36 Founder of two automobile companies 38 Some postgraduate study

41 Ability to learn and adapt neurologically 44 Says without

saying

45 Bad sign 46 Muddied 47 Antinuke pact

topic 48 Habiliments 49 Bully’s reply

DOWN

1 Dateable one 2 Not fancy at all 3 Typical results 4 Fit 5 Gudrun’s victim, in Norse myth 6 Weight-watchers watch it 7 Jack’s sobriquet, with “the” 8 “___ From Hawaii” (1973 Elvis concert) 9 Some ancient Cretan statues 10 Candle scent popular at Christmas 11 Deservingly

13 Big band

singer Vic 14 Mucho 16 Fasteners with

flat tops

18 Crafts site 21 Suffragist Carrie

Chapman ___ 22 Sitcom world 24 Fruity dessert 25 Get along 26 Greaves, e.g. 27 Mass readings 28 Cozy footwear,

for short 29 Vintage military

plane

30 Reality winners

beginning in 2002 31 That, in France 32 Breaks things off 34 Media of

exchange 35 Superexcited 37 Places to

cool it?

38 Major storm

detritus

39 Elite group 40 Arthur ___, inventor of the crossword puzzle 42 “Casablanca”

lover

43 Chanel rival