NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Comic

improvisations 6 Jacket material 14 Muralla de ___ (Spanish landmark) 15 Home to about 4 in 5 Americans, per the census 16 Categorized by

district 17 “Ooh…

impressive!” 18 Function with

no limits? 19 Simple shot 20 Facility 21 Sazerac cocktail

ingredient 22 Share a course,

perhaps 24 Perambulate 26 Supporting

frame

31 Drag enthusiast 34 “This is too

much for me” 35 Things relied on

in desperation 37 Takes a ride? 38 Car feature with hands-free steering 39 Staged

attention-getter 41 Teddy bear 42 Discount shoe

retailer 45 In-person setting for the Emmys, but not the Oscars: Abbr.

46 Passing options 50 Hole maker 51 Not kosher 52 Going from petticoats to pants, once 54 Icelandic

currency 55 Challenge for an

infielder

56 Sans ___

(carefree) 57 Eternally, in religious parlance 58 Sedated

Down

1 Superquick on

the uptake 2 Intellectual

property? 3 Digital access

points 4 Savagely

criticize

5 HAL’s earthbound “twin,” in Arthur C. Clarke’s “2010: Odyssey Two” 6 ___ fraîche 7 Certain liberal of the 21st century

8 The Hokies of the A.C.C., for short

9 Suffix with

insist

10 Pink or close

to it

11 “This is prophetic” in “Nixon in China,” e.g. 12 Requests made to profs for postgrad programs 13 Word with hot

or spit

15 Tesla, for one 19 First name of Israel’s first female prime minister 22 Obstructs 23 Arrangements

of locks

25 “… eh, scratch

that”

27 Quaint accessory for an aviator

28 Speak up boldly 29 Noticeable 30 Local celebration, of a sort

32 Forensic lab

activity 33 Extension for

54-Down 36 Squad

40 New Hampshire’s “Gate City” 43 Charging

implement 44 One of 30 on a regular dodecahedron 46 “I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do” band, 1975

47 Engage in rodomontade 48 Give up

49 Pileup after

digging a hole 51 “___: Uprising” (Disney animated series) 53 Say “You’re so-o-o cute!,” say 54 The Wildcats of the Big 12 Conf.