NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD
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 ___