N.Y. T I MES C RO S S WORD

ACROSS

1 Opposite of very

5 Part of Kamala Harris’s ancestry 10 Lead-in to -nomic 14 “Not finished yet …”

16 Some tandoori fare

17 Paper-pusher 18 Stopping point? 19 Outburst of complete exhaustion 20 Dice, in slang 21 “Glorify

___ Name” (church chorus) 22 Roman foeman 23 Witticism 24 New York football team, to fans 26 Country singer/ songwriter Tillis 27 Palindromic woman’s name

28 One going through cyclic ups and downs? 31 Spot at a movie theater 32 Doctor’s approach 33 Suffix with form

34 Curve together loosely, as one’s hands 35 Plates 36 Not-sohard pill to swallow

38 Zip

39 “Pretty worm of Nilus,” in Shakespeare 42 Playwright

Fugard 43 Laugh it off,

say

46 Fall sound 47 Polonium was named for her homeland, Poland, in 1898

48 “Watch your ___!” (response to 52-Across) 49 Option for expressing grievances 50 Picks, in football: Abbr.

51 Calves come from them

52 See 48-Across

DOWN

1 Scope 2 Something you shouldn’t do in an art museum 3 Solar ___ 4 Celebrity chef Paula 5 Grew a spine 6 Client’s company contact, informally 7 Dummkopf 8 “___ absolute mess”

9 Word that’s also a diminutive suffix

10 Stop at 11 Big earner at a business 12 Message that basically tells you to get a life? 13 Amazon deterrent 15 Work with a needle, informally 20 Terrible on opening weekend, say

23 Some slapstick props 24 Impersonate on Halloween

25 It contains many numbers 26 Gilbert and Sullivan’s “glorious thing to be” 28 Olympic pursuit 29 “___ inside” (convenience store sign)

30 Parts of Polynésie française 31 Form of crowdfunding 32 Lamborghini alternative 37 Things that can be cracked

38 One knife in a knife collection 39 Source of the brachiocephalic trunk 40 Heaven, with “the”

41 Gets a hard look (at)

43 Athletic trainer’s supply

44 A as in Atlantic City? 45 Projects 47 Kind of rule