N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 From the beginning, on scores 7 F-14 fighter jet 13 Stumper? 14 Relief pitcher of old

15 Creep

16 Shell pieces 17 Service that’s out of this world? 19 Coast Guard rank: Abbr. 20 One may be packed for a trip to the mountains 21 Silver, for one

22 Fly catcher 23 Tiniest amount

25 Text massage 26 Cooler 27 Gained 28 Sharp, as criticism 29 “Army” leader of old 32 “Mamma Mia!” and “Jersey Boys,” for two 35 Spotify’s moststreamed artist of the 2010s

36 In the cards 37 Start of an exchange 38 ___ loss 39 Setting for many a season of “Survivor” 40 Mottled 41 Really sinks in 43 Dealer’s request

44 Bit of A/V equipment 45 Org. that awards the Energy Star label 46 Parenting term popularized by Amy Chua in a 2011 nonfiction best seller 50 Model company 52 Last month 53 One sometimes working on a shoulder 54 Erasmus of Formia, by another name

55 Hot

56 Kind of bear

DOWN

1 Simple pencil-andpaper game 2 Met demand, maybe

3 Bigpocketed character on an old show

4 Swear 5 Combines 6 City whose name means “eagle” in Russian 7 Attorney’s favorite dessert? 8 Common name among Norwegian royals 9 Concierge handout 10 Regional specialty of southern Ohio

11 Highly skilled 12 Lettershaped opening 14 Speaker of the #1 quote on A.F.I.’s list of the 100 greatest movie quotes 16 Flight simulator? 18 What one might be represented by

22 Chi-Town exchange 23 Christian bracelet letters

24 Time of day 25 Prefix with friendly

26 Red stamp word 28 Help to hold up, say 30 Nastase of tennis 31 Begun: Abbr. 33 Stretches (out)

34 Spot

40 Like dates that lack a heart

41 Spinoff groups

42 Split up 43 Pulitzer Prizewinning poet Conrad

44 Very, musically 46 Evidence that’s hard to refute 47 Strongsmelling secretion 48 Anarchist/ political activist Goldman 49 Swindle

51 Unit in chemistry: Abbr.