THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Adds horsepower to 8 Sparta’s foe in “300” 14 Elite 15 Major 16 Jolly “Roger”? 17 1950s heavyweight Johansson 18 Zippo output 19 Digs in the snow 21 Mariana Islands neighbor, for short 22 Rideshare app datum 23 Hearts, e. g. 24 Hunk of meat 25 Groundbreaking 1990s sitcom 27 Dashboard Confessional’s genre 28 Take in 29 Midwest city that was home to the Wright brothers 31 Things that help you go off the beaten path? 33 Product whose original slogan was “It floats” 35 Try to catch someone, metaphorically 38 Bishop, for one 42 Dog woe 43 One who might meet with a venture capitalist, for short 45 Currency unit equal to 100 53- Down 46 Some are audiovisual 47 Sound from a sock 48 Vessel that rhymes with a nautical direction 49 Where Shaquille O'Neal played college ball 50 ___ Khan, antagonist in “The Jungle Book” 51 Move crabwise 52 To the point 54 Subject of the 2003 memoir “Jarhead” 56 Proceeding as planned 57 Timely question? 58 Figure in a Nativity scene 59 Blue in the face? DOWN 1 Left without leaving anything 2 “How marvelous!” 3 Like roosters 4 They’re usually held on school nights 5 Beget 6 Quick turnaround? 7 Tough love rarity 8 ___ gris 9 Breakfast brand 10 “1” preceder: Abbr. 11 Close 12 “You don’t have to tell me that” 13 Oxygen consumers 15 Peevishly ill- natured 20 Chewy, fruity candy 24 What's far- sighted? 26 Pop stars? 28 Much of a cattail 30 Right away 32 Microsoft Word creation, briefly 34 Look over again 35 Kid's IHOP order, perhaps 36 Compadre 37 Initiates 39 It’s found between the shoulders 40 Blow up 41 Like some fancy parties 44 Horseshoe lookalikes 47 “This one or that one?” 50 “Oh, you got me!” 51 Got home safely, in a way 53 45- Across divisions 55 Actress Thurman