THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 True artisan 16 “Them!” or “The Fly” 17 Personal stakes 18 Something a server can give you 19 Where many saw action in the ’40s 20 Nickelodeon’s “___ Declassified School Survival Guide” 21 Swiss chocolate brand 22 Currency replaced by the euro 23 Message that might be spelled with rocks 24 Foreign agreement 26 Start 29 Start up, in a way 31 Some library offerings 32 Old-fashioned 33 Suffix with transit 34 Get the picture 35 Perfectly, after “to” 36 Distinctive part of a bison 37 “Naturals” 38 ___ Sremmurd, hip-hop duo with the 2016 #1 hit “Black Beatles” 39 Squeal 40 Bit of blogorrhea 42 Spooks 44 Giverny backdrop for Monet 45 You may give it when you are running late for a meeting, informally 48 Juneteenth 51 Shouted 52 Crashed and burned 53 Some STEM jobs DOWN 1 John or Christine of Fleetwood Mac 2 “___ you coming?” 3 Sixth: It. 4 London tourist destination, with “the” 5 What you’ve been waiting for, you might think 6 Comic Rita 7 Bemoaned 8 Gets things on time? 9 Skin Bracer alternative 10 Place to take stock? 11 Time machine on “Doctor Who” 12 Back 13 Pondered 14 Oil production site 15 Noted Volstead Act enforcer 22 Start of a news story, in journalism lingo 23 Refined nutritional ingredient in many cereals and meat products 25 Followers: Suffix 26 ___ Little, stickup man on “The Wire” 27 Fewer 28 They can be helpful after retiring 30 Agatha Christie’s “N ___?” 31 Skillful 34 Pablo ___, 2012 World Series M.V.P. nicknamed “The 44Down” 36 Orthodox group 39 Fall back 41 Child actress Jones of “Family Affair” 43 Many a map of Hawaii 44 See 34-Down 45 Drops a line, maybe 46 “It is silent,” musically 47 Bill of the 1960s’70s Weather Underground 48 Part of the conjugation of the Spanish “to be” 49 Lily of the opera 50 Asking too many questions