The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 ___ TV
7 What an alley-oop is, essentially 13 Business
headache 15 Joint
16 Breeze for the
beach, maybe 18 “Never attribute to ___ that which is adequately explained by stupidity” (Hanlon’s razor)
19 Not stiff at all 20 One arriving tomorrow, supposedly 22 Set piece? 23 Superficially
clever
24 Put off
25 Sport whose name means “the gentle way”
26 “Tee” follower 27 The brachiocephalic trunk branches from it
28 Apple product? 29 “How about
that!” 31 Innovation of the 1920s that’s still spoken of with wonder today 32 They beep
when tested 33 Tail, maybe 34 Aqua ___ 35 “Miracle
Workers” airer 38 Verb that becomes its opposite when its first letter is changed to an “f”
39 Fashion label founded by Rihanna 40 Converse 41 Farm creature 42 Blender setting 43 Not fresh 44 John Deere
product 46 Condiment sometimes mixed with mayonnaise 48 Break from the
band 49 Snatched up, in
slang
50 Eve ___, playwright who created the activist movement V-Day 51 Fleet
Down
1 “Amen to that!” 2 American, for
example 3 Pop-up
destination 4 “___ is knowing who you are, what you want to say and not giving a damn”: Gore Vidal
5 Dark side of the
moon?
6 Mimic
7 Heavy coat 8 Goal for some
runners
9 Fleur de ___ (delicate crust on the surface of seawater) 10 “That makes
sense”
11 Broke off 12 Earth-shaking
event 14 Enthusiastic
sort 17 Common spots for autographs 21 Concern for the
1%?
24 ___ far niente (pleasant idleness) 25 Nick, Joe or
Kevin of pop 27 Uniform 28 Best, in an
idiom 29 Remark from one waving a white flag 30 Ordered
lineup
31 One clever enough to win every argument … but not clever enough not to 32 Deceive,
especially to avoid responsibility for something 33 Word with electric or criminal 35 Alan of “Growing Pains”
36 Got clean, in a
way
37 Fixed
39 Red state 40 Towering sight at a site for a tower
42 Name added to a Brazilian dictionary in 2023 as an adjective meaning “incomparable”
43 Set off 45 Campaigner,
informally 47 What some smartphones run on