new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Nestlé product first sold in 1961 11 Leader among the Axis powers 15 Classic deli order 16 Shortly after 17 Corona with tequila and fruit juice, e.g. 18 Actress Campbell 19 Jeannette ___, first U.S. congresswoman 20 Country formed by a 1964 merger 22 John of the Plymouth Colony

23 Big rigs

24 #2 26 Staircase element 29 Goaltending spot

32 CB radio emergency channel 33 ___ society 34 “Count me out!” 36 Headline on a neighborhood poster 37 Article of apparel not originating where its name would suggest 38 Fancify 39 “The Ship” composer, 2016 40 Small firecracker 41 Redden, in a way 43 Spin like a gyroscope 45 Nouvelle ___ 49 Annual June sports event 51 Style 52 Headache for Ranger Smith 53 Transcribed 55 One of the d’Urbervilles in “Tess of the d’Urbervilles” 56 Track at Universal Studios and the like 57 Pull a con on 58 “You shouldn’t rely on me”

DOWN

1 “The Jungle Book” beast 2 Jermaine ___, six-time N.B.A. All-Star of the early 2000s 3 Real enthusiast 4 Split

5 Fire department ID

6 2001 Israel Prize winner 7 Ding, e.g. 8 Cause trouble 9 Condition caused by abnormal calcium levels 10 Part of a savanna herd 11 Classic diner order 12 Prepares for a drill? 13 Bon ___ 14 Suited to serve 21 Early example of reductio ad absurdum 23 Fix a flat for? 25 Piazza dei Miracoli locale 27 Kind of collar 28 Block maker 29 Dangerous currents 30 Where dinars buy dinners 31 They’re flipped at diners 33 Come down in buckets 35 Things that can’t be loaded 36 Sends in a high arc 38 Janitor’s item 41 Go straight 42 End … or start 44 Scenery features in a Road Runner cartoon 46 “Hundo” 47 Lumberjack at work 48 Bond villain

___ Stavro Blofeld 49 When repeated, a taunt 50 Tie out West 51 Just 54 “Methinks,” in texts