NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 It might go to

the dogs 11 Unaltered 15 Tahoe, for one 16 Costa ___ 17 Trendy salad

type

18 Plot in Genesis 19 Prey for a

dingo 20 “Rush!” 21 Assessment of

acidity 23 Platform that many things run on

24 Part of the

Trinity 25 Maniacal laugh 26 Traditional retirement present 27 Ambiguity 28 Selection ___ 30 Breezes (along) 31 Knights, bishops, rooks, etc.

32 Fluff pieces 33 See 47-Down 34 Not final 35 Word before “I

hate that!” 36 “I’m ___!”

37 An almanac and Google, for a crossword solver

38 Extra keys, e.g. 40 Excel-using

exec, maybe 41 What officials need to get cleared before speaking? 42 Bladder, e.g. 43 Subway operator, for short

46 Stuffed

appetizer 47 Relative of

sepia

48 Cable inits. popular with female viewers 49 Starting 50 “That’s not me

anymore” 53 Hilton

alternative 54 “Take your

time”

55 Funny Martha 56 Wheedles

Down

1 Part of the original “Star Trek” cast 2 National

alternative

3 88 or 89

4 That can’t be

right

5 Boxes 6 September and October, for pumpkins 7 Expletive-free 8 Farrier’s tool

9 Going by 10 Postarrest

ritual

11 “___ Arrives” (1967 soul album) 12 Pitched

horizontally 13 Polar features 14 Seat of Orange

County, Calif. 22 Kansas’ Fort

___

25 Escort 26 Rehearsed 27 Too lean 28 Major lobbying group, colloquially 29 United

30 “Blue ___” (Irving Berlin tune) 32 Lasciviously

desires