N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Cases of false incrimination

9 Groom

14 Band featured in Disney World’s Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster

16 Bumper

adornment 17 Last of the

Ptolemys 18 Train through eight states 19 Thin

in tone

20 Supporting

21 “Alas …”

22 Ford vehicle, familiarly 23 Black Sea resort town

25 Splitting of

hairs? 26 Word with over 400 definitions in the O.E.D.

27 Sweat ___

29 When doubled, a 2010s hiphop fad

30 Draws

31 Bites, in a

sense

33 Gaffer’s

supply

36 Most sacred

37 Low draw

38 Scholarly

work

39 O’er and o’er 40 Big name in

pizza rolls 42 Cardinal

pts.?

45 Thick manes 47 Certain gown wearers

48 River past

Louisville

49 Rolls, e.g. 51 Partner

of all

52 Heard, but

not seen

53 Last of the

Greeks

54 She’s the responsible one in the group, colloquially 56 Whiz

57 Not the glamorous sort

58 Sanctify

59 Animal in the suborder Vermilingua (“worm tongue”)

DOWN

1 “Truth be

told …”

2 Fix, as a winter coat

3 Hannah who wrote “The Human Condition”

4 Distracted, as with romantic feelings

5 Best Driver,

for one

6 Actress

Thurman

7 Hidden

dangers

8 Perambulates 9 Palms, e.g.,

for short

10 Run

through

11 Winter Olympics pairs event 12 1995 cult classic directed by Kevin Smith 13 Try out before release, as a game 15 Short-story

writer Bret 23 Holiday hearth feature

24 One of the

Fates

27 Muscly

28 Tennis great

Monica

30 Homeschool link, for short

32 Word with hot or fresh 33 Make an unwanted appearance in a video call

34 Not requiring a suit, say

35 Loud chewing, for many

36 Mr. Fixit

38 Roll player

41 March

42 “If you don’t tell them, I will,” e.g.

43 Senator Feinstein of California 44 Do some

bonding

46 Wise guys 48 Spirited message board?

50 Dojo levels 52 “Rule, Britannia” composer 55 Muscly, say