NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across 1 Time- tested 8 Being tried 13 Pouring one’s heart out at a coffeehouse? 15 Lead female role on Netflix’s “House of Cards” 16 Sweepstakes

exhortation 17 Radiance, in

England 18 Exhibit

flexibility 19 Biting words? 21 Descend upon

en masse 22 “What is ___?” 23 Wearer of an “H”- inscribed hat 24 Snapchat’s

ghost, e. g. 25 Pluto, to Saturn 26 Home to the Museum of El Greco 27 Lieutenant of

1970s TV 28 “___ Fancy has been quelled”: Longfellow 29 Awesome

successes 31 Attempt to establish an online connection 34 What some

caddies carry 35 The ___ Store 36 Smoother, now 37 Muchmimicked entertainer 39 Budgeter’s

concern 42 Dodgers’

pursuers 43 Like H- U- M- OUR 44 Monastery

head 45 1950s song

syllable 46 Major port near

the Persian Gulf 47 Sticks in the

mud 48 Maker of

hospital cuts 50 Airport monitor 52 Hard- wired 53 Words next to

an X 54 Heavens 55 Key Down 1 Slip preventers 2 Shore line? 3 Reach 4 Manual

sequence 5 Rockefeller

Center muralist 6 Actor Hunter or

singer Hunter 7 Sports stick 8 Application to

a cut

9 U. 2’ s? 10 Cartoon avatars

on Snapchat 11 Confident to a

fault 12 Some athletic

footwear 14 Certain social media notifications 15 Big role for Liz

Taylor 20 Bistro offering 23 Fail to be 24 Big- box store founded in 1946 26 Seminary study 27 Single- serve

coffee holders 28 Sportscaster

Rich 30 Cry of

exasperation 31 Bit of sports fan

paraphernalia 32 Show for which Laurie Metcalf won three Emmys 33 Ocean areas 34 Does not

disturb 38 Competitor of

Mt. Olive 39 Drive like hell 40 Ankh- holding

deity 41 Baby blue, e. g. 43 Be adequate

for 44 Word before or

after green 46 Over and

under, e. g. 47 Michael who directed “The Insider” 49 Fire 51 Sensitive conversation topic