NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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1 What the earliest cars used as antifreeze 9 Name of England’s Nine Days Queen 13 Period ushered

in by Augustus 14 Format too big for conventional reels 15 Without

wasting a word 16 Joey’s portrayer

on “Friends” 17 Clytemnestra’s

half sister 18 Shaggy

mammal 20 Join 21 Object at the center of St. Peter’s Square 24 Passed slowly 26 Word of

resignation 27 Work without accomplishing much 30 Great deal 31 Another name for a horizontal ladder 32 Soft- headed

writer? 33 Newspaper columnist who wrote the book “Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball” 35 Very cool 38 What the ancient Greeks called the Hyrcanian Ocean 39 Pacific island Magellan visited in 1521 40 Ones trembling

not out of fear 41 Become

tangled 43 Court org. 44 Presidential

nickname 46 Pick on 47 Nonstandard

negative 49 What a theater’s grand tier is divided into 53 John Deere

creation 54 Verified the

count of 55 “___ Enchanted,” 1998 Newbery Honor book 56 Hit makers?

Down

1 Alistair ___, “The Guns of Navarone” novelist 2 Distinguishes

oneself 3 Certain Caribbean islander, informally 4 Snookums 5 Cable channel

for cinephiles 6 Player in Washington, familiarly 7 Nothing but 8 The seller takes

no interest in it 9 Huck’s pal 10 Unlikely winner

at the Masters 11 Lands 12 Hold out 13 Native of the

Southwest 15 Little swine 19 Big name in

sparkling wine 22 Choice meal? 23 Math puzzle 25 Dappled horse 28 Depicts

misleadingly 29 Show that goes

on 31 Place to dock 32 Feel sorry for

oneself 33 It may go up in

winter 34 Lengua with the word “lengua” 35 Hangs loose 36 Took unfair

advantage of 37 Easy marks 38 Party platter

tidbit 39 Like étouffée 42 Cornered 45 Weapon with a

bell guard 48 Howard Hughes acquisition of 1939 50 GPS guess 51 Clothes closet

fixture 52 Put away