NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 This and that 5 God of fertility, agriculture and the afterlife 11 “Love Life”

network 14 Cassowary kin 15 Doing something wrong 17 Objectives 18 Fresh burst of

energy 19 Five-star

21 Class

structures? 22 Makeup palette

assortment 23 Coruscates 25 Less likely to

happen

27 You might seek forgiveness for this

28 Scans, say 29 New parents’ purchases to block off staircases 34 Actress Mara of

“Pose” 35 Empanadas and

patatas bravas 36 “Happy to help!” 37 Nice position to

be in?

39 Kind of cup 40 Just gets (by) 41 Go to bat for 42 San ___, seat of California’s Marin County 45 Not expired 46 Everything one could possibly offer, with “the” 47 Mariah Carey and Madonna, for two

50 “Later, dude!” 53 ___ oil, extract obtained from the Amazon rainforest 54 Reverent 55 Pirate’s activity 56 “Five Guys Named ___” (1992 Broadway musical) 57 Back-combed 58 Oh, to be in

France!

Down

1 Challenge while

sitting

2 Answer to the old riddle “What’s round on the ends and high in the middle?”

3 Play with fire 4 Blanks 5 Out-of-office

procedure?

6 72 answers and 34 black squares, for this puzzle 7 Hankering 8 Quintana __, Mexican state that’s home to Cancún

9 Spot for the

night

10 Covering some

ground? 11 Vertical dimension of a flag

12 Bops

13 “___ are …” 16 Longtime

newswoman Ifill 20 Gender-neutral

possessive 23 Holder of emergency supplies

24 Giant in chip

manufacturing 25 Gets to

26 Many a Guinness

Book record 27 Shade akin to

royal blue

29 6-0 set, in tennis

slang 30 “Whatever!” 31 Pet that’s mostly black with a white chest 32 Ellie Kemper’s role on “The Office” 33 ___ money

35 Kid

38 Firmly fixed 39 Offerer of fresh

cuts

41 Made last night,

say

42 Its participants are in for a wild ride

43 Pop up 44 Completely

bomb

45 Fuzzy

46 Not cool — not

cool at all! 47 Some Twitter

postings

48 Brand that offers “Leg Mask” products

49 One of nine for a traditional Baha’i temple 51 Pro

52 Org. at Grand

Central Terminal