N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 Ameche’s “Moon Over Miami” co-star, 1941 7 Hit radio comedy about a bridge-playing couple 15 Decide, as a motion 16 Lacking inflection 17 Source of the quote “Change is certain” 18 Hurlyburly 19 Red cabbage juice, in chemistry class 21 Trail 22 Where “Desperately Seeking Susan” appears in the film of that name 23 Lee label, for short 24 The U.S. Open is played on it: Abbr. 25 Moniker after a lifestyle change 26 Cavaradossi’s lover 27 Disco fabrics 28 Steels 29 Wasn’t consistent 32 Providers of housewarmings? 33 Ace high? 34 Roy ___, title character in “The Natural” 35 Well-lit spaces 36 Super Bowl XX-winning coach 37 Title “Mr.” in a Milne play 40 Some jewelry stores, informally 41 Queen who rallied the Dutch resistance in W.W. II 43 ___ card 44 Ball boy? 45 Attempt to spur demand 47 Rides 48 License to drill 49 Part of a suspended sentence? 50 Banquet offering 51 Like some rolls
Down
1 Producer of a cough and shivers 2 Decoratively pleated and gathered, as some bridal gowns 3 Soloist on the “Green Hornet” theme 4 Gatherings for hippies 5 Wimbledon is played in it 6 Some Navy specialists 7 Preserves, in the end 8 Arterial tree components 9 Hair holder 10 ___ Grace 11 N.C.A.A. division?: Abbr. 12 Come together 13 Beautifier 14 Reclaimed material used in jewelry 20 Cried harshly 23 Resolutions, e.g. 26 Madiba, for Nelson Mandela 27 ___ Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers 28 Former senator and presidential candidate who once dated Debra Winger 29 Foible 30 The planet in the sci-fi classic “Forbidden Planet” 31 Like American cheese 32 1980s P.M. nicknamed “The Old Crocodile” 34 Avery product for note-takers 36 What old things fall into 37 Holders of pieces of eight? 38 Humorously 39 Good for rushes, say 41 “___ Do It!” (Rosie the Riveter motto) 42 MX-5 maker 44 “It Ain’t All About the Cookin’” memoirist 46 First non-canonical psalm in the Bible