NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Begin at the

beginning? 9 Fiery 15 Launch of April

1968 16 Set free 17 Staple of a barbershop shave 18 Onerous 19 Seed of a strawberry or sunflower 20 National bird of Trinidad and Tobago 22 Jules or Jim, in

“Jules et Jim” 23 “So ___!” 24 Two stars,

perhaps 25 Very old school 26 MilkyWay

maker 27 Mom and pop

business? 29 Half of a black

and tan 30 Danger for a

hiker 31 Fast- food order placed millions of times a day worldwide 32 Separate, as

strands of hair 34 It’s got teeth 37 Greyhound

destinations? 38 Drivel 39 O’Neill

contemporary 40 Take some

courses 41 Fitting coffee order on a submarine? 42 Ruin 43 Stopwatch

ticks: Abbr. 44 Reprimand

gruffly 45 Character of book and film who was born John Clayton III 47 Uranus or

Neptune 49 Number one

advocate? 50 Gothic architecture feature 51 Davy Jones’s locker, with “the” 52 Spot almost halfway through a course

Down

1 Epithet meaning “great soul” 2 Momentous 3 Absent 4 Fixes 5 It’s all the same 6 Victor at

Brandywine 7 Forerunner in a

race? 8 Income for general expenses?

9 Skydivers’ aids 10 Bright camp

wear 11 Deli supply 12 Like the

Golden Horde 13 Koan

contemplator 14 Trim 21 Subservient

sort 24 Running around with one’s hair on fire 25 Abbr. in a bibliographic citation 27 Kids, typically 28 Runs, for

instance 30 Runner’s place 31 Relative of a

cod 32 Ship’s capacity 33 Physics class project testing impact safety 34 Refuse work? 35 One way to

look 36 “Are you

kidding me?!” 37 Passed the

dessert? 38 “___ Carey,” 9x platinum 1990 album 41 Bob who narrated “How I Met Your Mother” 43 Scout uniform

part 44 Lived 46 Bad spot 48 Staple of modern sci- fi movies, for short