THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 What the earliest cars used as antifreeze 9 Name of England’s Nine Days Queen 13 Period ushered in by Augustus 14 Format too big for conventional reels 15 Without wasting a word 16 Joey’s portrayer on “Friends” 17 Clytemnestr a’s half sister 18 Shaggy mammal 20 Join 21 Object at the center of St. Peter’s Square 24 Passed slowly 26 Word of resignation 27 Work without accomplish- ing much 30 Great deal 31 Another name for a horizontal ladder 32 Softheaded writer? 33 Newspaper columnist who wrote the book “Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball” 35 Very cool 38 What the ancient Greeks called the Hyrcanian Ocean 39 Pacific island Magellan visited in 1521 40 Ones trembling not out of fear 41 Become tangled 43 Court org. 44 Presidential nickname 46 Pick on 47 Nonstandar d negative 49 What a theater’s grand tier is divided into 53 John Deere creation 54 Verified the count of 55 “___ Enchanted,” 1998 Newbery Honor book 56 Hit makers?

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1 Alistair ___, “The Guns of Navarone” novelist 2 Distinguishe s oneself 3 Certain Caribbean islander, informally 4 Snookums 5 Cable channel for cinephiles 6 Player in Washington, familiarly 7 Nothing but 8 The seller takes no interest in it 9 Huck’s pal 10 Unlikely winner at the Masters 11 Lands 12 Hold out 13 Native of the Southwest 15 Little swine 19 Big name in sparkling wine 22 Choice meal? 23 Math puzzle 25 Dappled horse 28 Depicts misleadingly 29 Show that goes on 31 Place to dock 32 Feel sorry for oneself 33 It may go up in winter 34 Lengua with the word “lengua” 35 Hangs loose 36 Took unfair advantage of 37 Easy marks 38 Party platter tidbit 39 Like étouffée 42 Cornered 45 Weapon with a bell guard 48 Howard Hughes acquisition of 1939 50 GPS guess 51 Clothes closet fixture 52 Put away