NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Cases of false

incrimination 9 Groom

14 Band featured in Disney World’s Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster 16 Bumper

adornment 17 Last of the

Ptolemys 18 Train through

eight states 19 Thin in tone 20 Supporting 21 “Alas …”

22 Ford vehicle,

familiarly 23 Black Sea resort

town 25 Splitting of

hairs?

26 Word with over 400 definitions in the O.E.D. 27 Sweat ___ 29 When doubled, a 2010s hiphop fad 30 Draws

31 Bites, in a sense 33 Gaffer’s supply 36 Most sacred 37 Low draw 38 Scholarly work 39 O’er and o’er 40 Big name in

pizza rolls 42 Cardinal pts.? 45 Thick manes 47 Certain gown

wearers 48 River past

Louisville 49 Rolls, e.g. 51 Partner of all 52 Heard, but not

seen

53 Last of the

Greeks

54 She’s the responsible one in the group, colloquially 56 Whiz

57 Not the

glamorous sort 58 Sanctify 59 Animal in the suborder Vermilingua (“worm tongue”)

Down

1 “Truth be told

…”

2 Fix, as a winter

coat

3 Hannah who wrote “The Human Condition” 4 Distracted, as with romantic feelings

5 Best Driver, for

one

6 Actress

Thurman 7 Hidden dangers 8 Perambulates 9 Palms, e.g., for

short

10 Run through 11 Winter Olympics pairs event

12 1995 cult classic directed by Kevin Smith 13 Try out before release, as a game 15 Short-story

writer Bret 23 Holiday hearth

feature

24 One of the

Fates

27 Muscly

28 Tennis great

Monica 30 Home-school

link, for short 32 Word with hot

or fresh

33 Make an unwanted appearance in a video call 34 Not requiring a

suit, say

35 Loud chewing,

for many

36 Mr. Fixit

38 Roll player 41 March

42 “If you don’t tell them, I will,” e.g.

43 Senator Feinstein of California

44 Do some

bonding

46 Wise guys 48 Spirited message board?

50 Dojo levels 52 “Rule, Britannia”

composer 55 Muscly, say