Antelope Valley Press

NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

- Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Stipulatio­n that’s more common in a seller’s market

5 Centers of some centers

10 Exchange words, in a way

14 Stops along the

way, say

16 Lamenting words

17 It clearly divides

people

18 Hat material for

the paranoid

19 Cry during an argument between siblings

20 OK, in Oaxaca

21 Like an adjustable

drinking straw

22 Active ingredient

in Off!

23 Struck down

25 Occasions to read

the Haggadah

28 Gift for guests

31 Setting for a battle in “Lawrence of Arabia”

32 Spilling a drink on someone or dancing on a host’s sofa

33 Banksy work

34 Slip

35 AC converter

36 Irreverent

Christmas tune

38 Big name in pest

control

39 Second half?

40 Worries over small

details

41 Cousin of a

wolverine

42 What red might

indicate 43 Spikes, for example

45 Help

47 Preening sort 50 Particle

51 One with bright

and dark sides

53 Godawful

54 Sole supporters

55 ___ Zimmer, Oscar-winning composer for “Dune”

56 Sharon who starred in “The Trials of Rosie O’Neill”

57 Frontier direction during frontier times

DOWN

1 Distinctio­n not used in the military

2 Eschewing help

3 Tabloid pair

4 Undertone of Cole Porter’s “Let’s Do It”

5 Makes the case

6 Vacancy sign

7 Bookbindin­g leather

8 “My deepest apologies”

9 Jerk

10 Adage for the risk-averse

11 DIY booster seats

12 In an atmosphere of

13 Have faith

15 Oh, the humanities!

21 Some nudes

22 Testing grounds for aspiring politician­s

24 Pithy remark

25 Central Asian

savory pastry 26 ___ rights

27 “Heck, yeah!” 28 Actress Greta of “Camille”

29 ___ Cornish, former co-host of “All Things Considered” 30 Dales

32 Rocky road

ingredient?

37 Stingy sort?

40 Pretends

42 “Venus de Milo With Drawers” and “Lobster Telephone”

43 Sound from the

satisfied

44 Dance in a

ring

46 Nasty 47 Awesome, in modern slang

48 Backup plans

49 “Hey, you!”

51 Drive, with “on”

52 Misoneism, n.: Hatred of anything ___

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