NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 Game players? 9 Bob of “Home
Again” 13 Domineered 14 Genesis
patriarch 15 Grammywinning group whose name is an homage to the Monkees 16 ___ Reader’s Encyclopedia (classic literary reference) 17 Squad on a
slope
18 Best man for a
wedding? 19 Sixth of five? 20 Nickname for
Adrianus 22 Courtroom
outburst 23 In-house
service?
26 ___ Croft, comic book heroine 27 Perform extremely well, in sports lingo 29 Hawaiian pizza
topping 32 Greta of “The
Player” 33 Rattle holder 34 Ironic exclamation of amazement 37 A scarf might
cover it 38 Annual awards show since 1993 40 “Shoot!” 41 First name in
design 42 Lotion abbr. 44 Roman magistrate’s attendants 46 Cowboys or
Vikings
50 New York city west of Binghamton 51 Cubic ___ (synthetic gemstone) 52 Something
that’s secretive 53 “This is too
much!” 54 Single, say 55 Tumults
Down
1 Collectible
caps
2 Call up
3 Pass on
4 Genre for
Oasis and Blur 5 Practiced 6 French Quarter
city, familiarly 7 Ones who help people get their acts together? 8 States,
informally 9 Music’s Milli
___
10 Uranus or
Neptune 11 Don Juan 12 Part of a
science journal 14 “Seinfeld”
nickname 16 Part of an equestrian’s outfit
18 Sports Illustrated named it #1 in its “100 Greatest Moments in Sports History” 21 Stock owner 24 Deliberate 25 “The list goes
on” 28 Oratory
obstacle 29 Horses kick
with them 30 Texas city on
Route 66 31 1980s arcade
game
35 Kind of zoo 36 Cardiac
contraction 39 Whiles away 43 Barely
registering 45 Onetime
California fort 47 Judging by 48 Medium bra
spec
49 Some gym
gear
51 Face difficulty?