N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 “Get outta here!” 5 Casual cutoffs 15 Law force, slangily 16 Breakout entertainment? 17 Truth we hold to be self-evident? 18 Latest thing 19 Some low clouds 21 Tupper of Tupperware fame 22 Orangesoda-loving character of 1990s Nickelodeon 23 Big ’70s-’80s band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 24 Start to go out 25 Point in a kitchen 26 Queen hit with the lyric “So don’t become some background noise” 29 Baker in a studio 30 Comment from the smitten 31 Kim ___-jung, recipient of the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize 32 Subterranean hideout in comics 33 Tries to nip 37 Sportsman whose #4 was retired 38 Powerful sedative 39 “We Need a Little Christmas” musical 41 Frustrating thing to open 42 ___ slaw 43 Female singer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 44 Withdrawal fig. 45 Director Lee 46 News ___ (media giant) 47 “I was right!” 50 Rodeo event 53 Indie singer ___ Case 54 “That is …” 55 Many a Generation Z member, now 56 Throwable weapons used by assassins 57 Time at a hotel
DOWN 1 15, 30 and 50 are common ones, in brief 2 Layer 3 Reward for an accelerated course, in brief 4 Line on a 1040 5 ___ knight 6 San Jose-toSan Antonio dir. 7 Figure that can describe a lot 8 Refrain syllables 9 What may be on the horizon? 10 Cad 11 Alexander ___, pioneer and early head of New York’s subway system 12 Mile-high player 13 Sign of availability 14 “You’re about to be photographed!” 20 “That ship has sailed” 24 Aspect of hydrodynamics 25 Weather 26 Tease 27 Drs.’ order? 28 C-Span focus: Abbr. 29 Language banned under Franco’s dictatorship 31 Cameron of Hollywood 33 Telephone, informally 34 Social media post that refers to another user without directly mentioning that person 35 Trouble 36 Ranch moniker 38 “What say, José?” 39 Friendly French term of address 40 Nelson ___, author of “The Man With the Golden Arm” 41 Mimic 42 Kind of fever 43 Parts of a Frankenstein costume 46 W.W.E. star John 47 See 52-Down 48 Store with a threesyllable name in four letters 49 High-class 51 Literally, “rule” 52 With 47-Down, some frequently misplaced items