Ottawa Citizen

N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

- BROOKE HUSIC AND BRIAN THOMAS / WILL SHORTZ

ACROSS

1 One with a train, maybe 6 Stick around on July 4? 14 Shake 15 Lincoln, for one 16 Middle name of the writer born Nelle Lee 17 “Unbelievab­le!” 18 Maintains 19 Regulator of IUDs 20 Rep 21 Prefix with -graph 22 Prefix with -graph 23 Hotel room extra 24 “Star Trek” catchphras­e 27 Nursing ___ 30 Carefully exiting a parking space, say 31 Compile 32 Fragrant rice 33 Zooms past 35 Dendrogram, more familiarly 36 Hit below the belt 38 Part of P.S.T.: Abbr. 39 Comes around, say 40 Do nothin' 41 “How Long ___ Black Future Month?” (N. K. Jemisin short-story collection) 42 Scoop 44 Word with secret or source 46 Order for a big party, maybe 47 Pumped 48 “There's no hope for me now” 50 Kind of flour used in marzipan 51 Elbows, e.g. 52 Appropriat­es 53 It covers the field 54 Minute, informally

DOWN

1 Cause of an uptick in Scottish tourism beginning in 1995 2 Like albums that include bonus tracks, often 3 “Let's see what you've got” 4 They might go for a few bucks 5 Overthrow, e.g. 6 Tied the knot 7 Sponsor of Usain Bolt 8 ___ distance 9 Setting for a meet cute 10 Retailer originally named the S. S. Kresge Company 11 Do nothing 12 Just got (by) 13 What those with protanomal­y have difficulty seeing 14 Word uttered while pointing 19 Like eggshells 22 Very low stake? 23 Acropolis, e.g. 25 ___ de los Reyes 26 Hold together with duct tape, maybe 27 Orchestra that performs an annual Fireworks Spectacula­r 28 First and last name of Rihanna 29 ___ Raisman, secondmost­decorated Olympic gymnast in U.S. history 31 Fruit that's a major Chinese export 32 Best-selling K-pop group 34 Org. with operations 37 Obelix's friend in comics 39 Some Spanish titles 40 Home of the Strat, the tallest observatio­n tower in the U.S. 43 Some calculatio­ns in 40-Down 44 Actor ___ Benson Miller 45 Rate 46 Numbers game 47 Ingredient in some gel face masks 48 Puck, for one 49 San Francisco's ___ Hill 50 Asexual, informally

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