N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Ballpark figure 7 Sentimentality 15 Wallet holder since 2015 16 Hit Netflix reboot starring the Fab Five 17 Matured 18 There’s often a lot of them for sale 19 Some office desk clutter 20 Writers Roald and Sophie 21 Bottom f an interrobang 22 Safari’s compass, e.g. 23 Feel for 24 Nested layers? 25 Mass 26 Breakneck … or something to break 27 Sticky snack made with a stick 29 Eclipsed everyone else 32 One getting fired up for competition? 35 Shower heads, perhaps 37 “The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing,” for one 39 Mindless 40 Iowa college 41 Game that can be played on bicycles or elephants 42 Change for some sawbucks, maybe 43 Symbols of strength 44 Fantasy monster 45 Catches 47 XXXL 48 Complete loss of selfidentity 50 Hot streak? 51 Where one might hear a call for action 52 Metaphorical incentive 53 Members of some blended families 54 Goes quietly, perhaps
DOWN
1 Honchos 2 Fruits that are the basis of Marillenschnaps 3 Dance with jerky movements 4 Actress Julie of “Modern Family” 5 Cross to bear 6 Casual agreement 7 Topic in property law, colloquially 8 Like a good job, maybe 9 Prominent part of a pump 10 Rx pickups 11 Story ___ 12 Honcho 13 County in Northern Ireland 14 Peels off? 20 Spilled the tea, so to speak 23 Model Boyd who inspired the songs “Layla” and “Wonderful Tonight” 24 Kind of manual 26 Wild 27 Uses a manual, say 28 Israel’s Dayan 30 Ferrari alternative, slangily 31 Percussion in some folk music that may be improvised 33 Captured, in a way 34 Fashion designer’s portfolio 36 Employs as a backup plan, with “to” 37 Blanked on 38 Recess 41 Frost accumulation 42 Written in the stars 43 Really weird 45 Number shown in brackets? 46 “Hidden Figures” org. 47 ___ jacket 49 Baba ghanouj, e.g. 50 Hosts