NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Unlike sheep 13 Slangy phrase following an unpopular opinion 14 “Oh my stars!” 15 Small bits of

progress

16 Kind of student 17 Actress Amanda 18 ___ Diaz, detective on “Brooklyn Ninenine”

19 Emulate Beyoncé in 2003

22 Spanish title:

Abbr.

23 Press, informally 24 Ben-___

25 Usual practice 27 Leaves back at the house, maybe

29 Kind of diet that can help lower blood pressure 32 Sings like Mary

Poppins

33 Word in many

Emmy categories 35 Smaller than

small 37 Becomes

42-Down

38 Strip

39 Carry-___

40 Its end might be

lamented 41 Reason to raise

one’s hand 44 Basic chords 46 Kind of rug that’s bad to lose an earring in 47 Crosspiece in a

grate, often 49 Org. for the L.A.

Galaxy

50 Title song character who’s asked “Did your mom get back from her business trip?”

51 Healthy soup base 55 Provider of sensory deprivation

56 One strategy for responding to allegations

DOWN

1 Crush

alternative

2 Disencumbers 3 Ones making periodical changes, for short 4 Charms

5 Takes some hits 6 Do-si-do do 7 Valuable contacts

8 Org. opposing school vouchers 9 Part of a forest that can grow as fast as two feet a day

10 Frequently ranked octet

11 “Like that’s gonna happen!”

12 ___ Thunberg, Time’s youngest Person of the Year 13 Language from which we get “karma”

14 Heroine in Verdi’s “Il Trovatore”

15 Get carried

away

19 Showing more

nerve

20 Warms (up) 21 Points of interest for epidemiologists 24 Knight cap 26 Smears

28 What school lunch is often depicted as in cartoons 30 Tip for increasing

productivity 31 Caddy alternative 34 Excessively

theatrical 36 Invitation from a

driver 37 Unexpected

blessing 41 Striking

42 Like Jabba the

Hutt

43 “Calvin and Hobbes” conveyance 45 Bronze, e.g. 46 Poker-faced 48 Rest (on) 50 Obsessive fan,

slangily

52 Skosh

53 Took a course, say 54 Abbr. in many an office building address