The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Blue print? 7 Water wings,
for example 13 Toasted treat 15 Japanese for
“teacher” 16 Skating
expos 18 Bearing 19 Paragon 20 Suck up, in a
way
22 Author of “The Kitchen God’s Wife” (1991) 23 There’s no coming back from this 26 Initialism that might have a ring to it? 27 1000 hrs. 28 Scale notes 29 Agent of
immunity 31 “Did I just hear him say that?!” 34 Principle indicating “No second chances” 35 Outer border
for 36-Across 36 See-through
items 37 Two-time Olympic gymnast Raisman 38 Male’s name hidden backward in this clue 42 Barely make,
with “out” 43 Whet bar? 45 Make lace 46 Longtime Disney chief Michael
47 Big ___ 48 Hair holders 50 Descriptor for
a champion 53 Half-page,
perhaps 54 Fatherly tips, to use a portmanteau coinage 55 Decks with major and minor arcana 56 Lean against
Down
1 Turn-on for a
bartender? 2 Big epoch for
mammals 3 Hypothetical
missing links 4 Chain parts:
Abbr.
5 “This is the
life!” 6 Lacking literary sparkle 7 Setting for a
shot
8 Historic kingdom of Spain
9 Most populous Canadian prov.
10 So to
speak 11 Sound 12 Traffic
light
14 Some social media backand-forths 17 Short
relationship 21 One who loves to bring up the past 24 Surfer girl 25 Doctors 29 Poet who wrote “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” 30 Firmly bond 32 Court
33 “___ Carter III” (bestselling Lil Wayne album) 34 Napa
excursion 35 Fictional African country of film
36 Took care of a dog or cat, maybe 39 “Alrighty
then” 40 “Romanian Rhapsodies” composer 41 Like the days following Mardi Gras 43 Cruxes 44 Gloomy,
poetically 46 Sub text,
maybe 49 Hawaiian fish also called the wahoo 51 Juice suffix 52 Some Best
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