The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Protagonist’s

pride, often 11 Rather

15 “Man, oh,

man!” 16 Pantsless Disney character 17 Skedaddle

unexpectedly 18 It has a higher population of pigs than people 19 Beginning of a large amount of work

20 “___ Vidi Vicious” (critically acclaimed

2000 album by the Hives) 21 High on marijuana, in slang

22 “The salt of conversation, not the food,” per William Hazlitt 23 Speedo-like 25 Big little role in the Marvel Universe 29 Tolkien’s Sauron, for one

30 Salt

component 32 Actress

Lindsay 33 Pronounced 34 When “NCIS” has aired for most of its run: Abbr. 35 Firm support for a mom-tobe

39 ___ Highness 40 Out of control 41 One who may

wear a badge 42 Schooner

filler

43 Plays favorites,

perhaps 44 Clears 45 Goddess who helped Perseus defeat Medusa 47 “Better

Call Saul” character ___ Fring 48 Community

spirit

49 1 on a scale of

1 to 5, maybe 51 Vehicle whose name may or may not be derived from the phrase “just enough essential parts” 55 Reclines 56 Citrus drink

since 1979 58 Seconds

59 Toy brick

figurine 60 Lacking width and depth, for short

61 Some days reserved for wellness

DOWN

1 A bad joke might land with one

2 Bit of cowboy

gear

3 Page or Ameche of football 4 Ibsen’s

“Peer ___” 5 “___ be an

honor …” 6 Civil rights pioneer Claudette of Montgomery 7 Assembly of

starships 8 Slight advantage, in political forecasting 9 Like some

boards 10 Trouble 11 Like a hive

mind?

By Claire Rimkus

12 Things on

spines 13 Words of

appreciation 14 Jazz trumpeter

Jones 21 They’re easy to

read, typically 22 Poseurs 24 Losing dice roll 25 Dominant 26 Like singer Michelle Williams and actress Michelle Williams 27 “It’s all gonna

be OK” 28 People, e.g.,

informally 29 Secures 31 Cousins of

axolotls 36 Service call? 37 “Shut your

mouth!” 38 Luggage tag letters for a Delta hub 44 It’s blue on a

Risk board 46 Cheated, in

slang

47 Use smear

tactics, say 48 Sesame Street

resident 50 Kurylenko of

“Black Widow” 51 No-goodnik 52 “What ___?” 53 North Carolina

college town 54 Turtle’s habitat 56 Org. for D.C.

United 57 “___-haw!”