The new york times crossword

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” prec rsor

17 Top

18 Actress

Blanchett

19 S bject for a m se m c rator

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 b rned r bber

39 Got ready

40 “It’s a secret” 41 Signat re items 42 Sweet ___ 43 Tried to take a

seat? 46 Dead-tree

edition

50 It’s on the ho se 51 Pa l who was People’s 2021 Sexiest Man Alive

52 Bad drawing? 54 Brewery stock 55 “Frankly …” 56 “Yo got it” 57 Extra bits and

pieces

DOWN

1 Fort ne 100 company whose name is the last two syllables of the city near where it was fo nded 2 Readily

available 3 Exams for some

science majors 4 One might be cleansed with a strip

5 Rap pioneers,

slangily

6 Colors o tside 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 Ja tr mpeter

Woody 22 Things that were once commonly stored in towers

24 “Well, maybe

…”

25 Served as a

wingman

26 N mber of Reyes Magos, in Spanish tradition 27 Legendary

creat re 28 Montana

neighbor: Abbr. 29 Onetime so rce of toothbr sh bristles

30 Greek who originated the expression “Leave no stone

nt rned” 31 Like some hair 32 Like the hair of 1-2% of the world’s pop lation 34 Is made p 37 Bowed 38 “That’s it!” 40 Be steamed 42 More golden,

say

43 More golden,

say

44 Na tical

direction

45 Co sins of

sirens

46 P t yo r hands together, perhaps

47 “I ___!” (sho t

of ex ltation) 48 See what’s in

store?

49 B ckwheat

noodle

50 ___ Marathon (ann al mo ntain bike race that’s said to be “a volcanic challenge”) 53 Sat rate

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