NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 What the earliest cars used as antifreeze 9 Name of England’s Nine Days Queen 13 Period ushered in by Augustus 14 Format too big for conventional reels 15 Without wasting a word
16 Joey’s portrayer on “Friends” 17 Clytemnestra’s half sister 18 Shaggy mammal
20 Join
21 Object at the center of St. Peter’s Square
24 Passed slowly
26 Word of resignation
27 Work without accomplishing much 30 Great deal
31 Another name for a horizontal ladder 32 Soft-headed writer? 33 Newspaper columnist who wrote the book “Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball”
35 Very cool
38 What the ancient Greeks called the Hyrcanian Ocean
39 Pacific island Magellan visited in 1521 40 Ones trembling not out of fear 41 Become tangled
43 Court org.
44 Presidential nickname
46 Pick on
47 Nonstandard negative
49 What a theater’s grand tier is divided into
53 John Deere creation
54 Verified the count of
55 “___ Enchanted,” 1998 Newbery Honor book
56 Hit makers?
DOWN
1 Alistair ___, “The Guns of Navarone” novelist
2 Distinguishes oneself 3 Certain Caribbean islander, informally
4 Snookums
5 Cable channel for cinephiles 6 Player in Washington, familiarly 7 Nothing but
8 The seller takes no interest in it 9 Huck’s pal
10 Unlikely winner at the Masters 11 Lands
12 Hold out
13 Native of the Southwest
15 Little swine
19 Big name in sparkling wine 22 Choice meal?
23 Math puzzle
25 Dappled horse
28 Depicts misleadingly
29 Show that goes on
31 Place to dock
32 Feel sorry for oneself
33 It may go up in winter 34 Lengua with the word “lengua” 35 Hangs loose
36 Took unfair advantage of
37 Easy marks
38 Party platter tidbit
39 Like étouffée
42 Cornered
45 Weapon with a bell guard 48 Howard Hughes acquisition of 1939 50 GPS guess
51 Clothes closet fixture
52 Put away