THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 It’s soft and sweet 10 Turpentine source 15 Possible rap sheet entry 16 Empty-headed 17 Pressing 18 Has a rough time? 19 Buttonless garment 20 Appliance in a fast-food restaurant 21 Sears buyer of 2005 22 Military movements 24 Like some passcodes 26 Dumbbell 27 “Goodness gracious!” 28 Defeat by playing mental games, with “out” 31 Lingerie fabric 32 Make use of 33 Dread line? 34 Too small, possibly 35 Spreadsheet filler 36 Disreputable periodical 37 Richard who won a Tony for playing Don Quixote 38 Ticket prices? 39 Man and others 41 “Zero Dark Thirty” org. 42 Site of the Cedar Revolution 43 Shep Smith’s channel 47 Fancy wine vessels 48 Source of riches 50 ___ Bete (honor society member, informally) 51 Thomas who is known as the Queen of Memphis Soul 52 Big Apple power supplier 54 Hatch in the Capitol 55 Stadium whose first home run was hit by Mickey Mantle 56 Disengages 57 Families share them

DOWN

1 Vouchers 2 “O, I am fortune’s fool!” speaker 3 Bovine product mascot 4 Sports drink suffix 5 Swimmer in cloudy water 6 Skyline points 7 R&B group with a series of 1970s hits, with “the” 8 Show adoration 9 King’s collaborator 10 Alan who played the title role in “Rasputin” 11 Smooth finish 12 Good person in a parable 13 Confidentially 14 “Isn’t that so?,” to Rousseau 23 Dash gauge 25 Infantry division 27 Wand wielders 28 Fountain drink containing grape juice and vanilla ice cream 29 “Try now, pay later” products 30 Player with the most seasons (10) on a World Serieswinning team 31 Nickname for U.S. president #30 34 Post-W.W. II rival of Stalin 35 “Gorillas in the Mist” writer Fossey 37 Dorothy and Auntie Em, for two 38 Obsessed with 40 Fish in “The Old Man and the Sea” 41 Like cloakand-dagger operations 43 Lots of characters? 44 Market town in Surrey 45 Mock-innocent question 46 Right triangle ratios 49 Sub ___ (confidentially) 53 Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Princess ___”