N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD
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