The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Gardener’s item that breaks down a lot
11 Any member of the order Chiroptera
14 Plant-based
protein brand
15 Mélange
16 “America’s Got Talent” precursor
17 Top
18 Actress
Blanchett
19 Subject for a museum curator
21 Photo finish?
22 “Goooooooool!,” e.g.
23 Not now!
24 Points the
finger at
25 “Good goin’!”
28 Plans a getaway for, perhaps
31 Beverage with an oxymoronic name 33 Stentorian
34 Something that may be hard to drink?
35 ___ bag
36 Lacking bells and whistles
38 Like the smell of burned rubber
39 Got ready
40 “It’s a secret”
41 Signature items
42 Sweet ___
43 Tried to take a
seat? 46 Dead-tree
edition
50 It’s on the
house
51 Paul who was People’s 2021 Sexiest Man Alive
52 Bad drawing?
54 Brewery stock 55 “Frankly …” 56 “You got it”
57 Extra bits and
pieces
Down
1 Fortune 100 company whose name is the last two syllables of the city near where it was founded
2 Readily available
3 Exams for some
science majors
4 One might be cleansed with a strip
5 Rap pioneers,
slangily
6 Colors outside
the lines? 7 Visibly
emotional
8 Line along the Embarcadero, in brief 9 Yearning
10 It’s not often seen on a diamond
11 Nonkosher Wendy’s offering
12 Initialism for a pleasant tingling on the scalp or back of the neck
13 “___ say …” 15 View with
disdain
20 Jazz trumpeter
Woody
22 Things that were once commonly stored in towers
24 “Well, maybe
…”
25 Served as a
wingman
26 Number of Reyes Magos, in Spanish tradition
27 Legendary
creature
28 Montana
neighbor: Abbr.
29 Onetime source of toothbrush bristles
30 Greek who originated the expression “Leave no stone unturned”
31 Like some hair 32 Like the hair of 1-2% of the world’s population
34 Is made up
37 Bowed
38 “That’s it!”
40 Be steamed
42 More golden,
say
43 More golden,
say
44 Nautical
direction 45 Cousins of
sirens
46 Put your hands together, perhaps
47 “I ___!” (shout
of exultation) 48 See what’s in
store? 49 Buckwheat
noodle
50 ___ Marathon (annual mountain bike race that’s said to be “a volcanic challenge”)
53 Saturate