New york times crossword

ACROSS 1 Coolest thing about a train? 16 Secret advantage 17 Caribbean home of Blackbeard’s Castle 18 Divided land: Abbr. 19 Amenable sorts 20 Bucko 21 Modifier of a low price 22 Most of anSOS 24 Crude shelter 27 Quidditch position in the Harry Potter books 31 Correo ___ 32 Accolade for “Mad Men” in four consecutive years 35 Agouti relative 36 “That ___!” 37 WordPress creation 38 Like most theater popcorn containers 40 St. Peter’s Basilica attraction 41 Sale indicator 42 Sweeps the board?

43 Ian of “Alien” 45 College town east of Greensboro 46 “___ Walks in Beauty” (Byron poem) 49 Part of a racing bike 51 Swimming center? 54 Real-life villain who was an antagonist in Robert Ludlum’s “The Bourne Identity” 57 Neil Armstrong or Jesse Owens, say

58 Flirt with disaster

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1 One of four in a Scrabble set 2 Repercussion 3 “The foundation of most governments,” per John Adams 4 Futuristic play of 1921 5 “That’s my intention” 6 ___ eyes 7 Log unit 8 Bundle of nerves 9 Plant ___ 10 Foes of the Bolsheviks 11 Frederick Law ___, designer of New York’s Central Park 12 1978 Grammy nominee Chris 13 Honeycomb component 14 Big name in athletic footwear 15 Accordion part

21 Here

23 Like Novak Djokovic, by birth 24 Palate stimulus 25 Cast with difficulty 26 Went like a birdie 28 Vegetables high in beta carotene 29 Act unprofessionally? 30 Eastern melodies 32 Trade, in brief 33 Printemps follower 34 Latin conjunction 36 Zero 39 Island just north of the Equator 40 C3H8, familiarly 42 Biblical prophet who was fed by ravens 44 One way to the Smithsonian 45 Governor or senator follower 46 “Out!”

47 In good shape 48 Director ___ C. Kenton 50 Hitchcock double feature? 51 Scratched (out) 52 Helgenberger of “CSI” 53 Liqueur flavor 55 You’d expect to see it before long. 56 “Evita” narrator