NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Blondie’s maiden name in “Blondie” 10 Post something

12 One taking a lot of credit, maybe?

14 Sly remarks?

15 Many necklines

16 Spot for Spot

18 Abbr. on a foundation stone

20 Mosaicist

21 Pomeriggio follower

22 High-grade?

24 Novelist who wrote “I have no fear of

depths and a great fear of shallow living” 25 Hamburger order

26 Nocturnal predators of fiction 28 “Because I said so” is not one

29 Tony ___, official character voice of

Donald Duck

30 Spartan, e.g.

31 Land north of England, in poetry 32 Turned sickly yellow

33 Aligns

34 Song royalties org.

35 Pasquale ___, baritone at the

Metropolitan Opera

36 Meals for seals

37 Standard & ___

39 In ___ (untouched)

40 “The Big Bang Theory” character

41 Like certain ecclesiastical councils 43 Critically examine

44 Democratic principle

47 Setup for a Netflix film, say

48 Gigantic

DOWN

1 Canine command

2 Airing

3 William Wordsworth, e.g.

4 Its player may have a yen for gambling

5 Things that cover all the bases? 6 Grow, as sympathies 7 Whiskered, fish-eating creature 8 Maker of thousands of cars annually

9 Term of endearment 10 Hip-hop icon born Lisa Williamson 11 Paper signed before filming begins

12 Kind of pie that’s actually a cake 13 Howdy Doody and others 14 Toadyish response

17 Was successful in the end

19 Files away?

21 Doesn’t go straight, in a way 23 Sparta, e.g.

25 Big name in windows

27 Nashville awards org.

28 Subj. of tax exemption 30 Changers of locks

32 Sands

34 Beautiful, in Bogotá

37 Material for a baking vessel 38 Name changed in Genesis 17:15 41 A taste

42 Turn on the ice

45 Tiny amount

46 Gray head?