NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Sport with stunt

riding, informally 4 “Heck if I know” 9 Big difference 14 Axe product 16 Goes on and on 17 Reflective stretch 18 Item checked

at an airport 19 Misses overseas 20 Gone

21 Trio in a children’s

rhyme 22 Three-lobed

design

25 Roughly 37% of

U.S. immigrants 28 Personal bearing 29 Jung ___, author of the 1991 best seller “Wild Swans”

30 It’s generally up and running within a few hours 31 “Breaking Bad”

protagonist 32 Lead-in to sat 33 Aquarium

performer

36 Like a happening

party, in slang 37 Olympic Australis,

for one 39 Suffix with

Jumbo

40 North Carolina home of Appalachian State University 42 Brand with the slogan “Fill your glass” 44 What makes a possum play possum 45 A-number-one 46 Fifth-brightest star in the night sky

47 Part of a pod 48 Author who wrote “Show me a woman who doesn’t feel guilty and I’ll show you a man” 53 “The Cocktail

Party” dramatist 54 Model

company?

55 Book in which the Israelites are rebuked for idolatry 56 Common board requirement, in brief 57 Vamooses 58 Winner of nine Grand Slam tournaments in the 1990s 59 Components of

many free apps

DOWN

1 Summer outdoor

events, informally 2 Manifestation of sulkiness 3 Chose at the ballot box 4 Almost nothing on?

5 Public perception 6 Worn-out 7 2Pac’s “Dear ___” 8 Result of prolonged screen time, maybe 9 “Golly!”

10 Threw some back 11 Celery sticks topped with peanut butter and raisins 12 Fixed cord for

a paratrooper 13 One source of the

umami taste 15 Title figure in a Gilbert and Sullivan opera 23 Quick move? 24 Word with

fan or form 25 Come right

up to

26 One who always has time to spend? 27 2007 satirical

best seller 28 Tops in

athletics 30 Professional

feeders 34 Constantly updating GPS figs. 35 Widely followed

court battles 38 You might experiment with this on 41 Bingeing

43 Ends

44 Crack, in a way 46 Like some very

important signs 49 Carny’s target 50 Plant also known as ladies’ fingers 51 Grant consideration 52 E.T.S. offerings 53 Middle of

summer?