NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Praises loudly 6 Drops

11 “___ down!” 13 Summaries 15 Becomes uncomfortable, in a way, as underwear 16 Drank discreetly 17 Part of un

giorno

18 Buying opportunity for die-hard fans 20 Sports stat that’s best when it’s below 2 21 Producer of some wedding rings

23 They might

restrict arms 24 Bygone

autocrat

25 Poet Hemphill of the 1980s Black gay cultural renaissance 27 Japanese

garden denizen 28 Complains

loudly

29 They’re full of

pop

32 “It’s not clear to

me”

33 Benny Goodman jazz standard with the opening line “April skies are in your eyes” 37 Japanese lunch

option 38 “Like I said!” 39 Jewelry chain 41 Host city for the annual Øyafestivalen 42 City where Gerald Ford and Malcolm X were born 44 “Well, I’ll be

darned!”

45 One who may

bug you 46 Introductory

books

48 ___ plancha

(cooking style) 49 Give over to

another’s care 51 High fortress 53 Retailer’s promo 54 Kind of address 55 Like testimony

at trial 56 Winners of 13 Stanley Cups, familiarly

Down

1 Siobhan Roy of

“Succession,” e.g. 2 “Not to mention

...”

3 Put away for

good

4 Challenge for a speech pathologist 5 Show appreciation at a ramen bar, contrary to Western etiquette 6 Defense

mechanisms? 7 Have it ___

8 One might be

hazy, for short 9 Catches some

waves, say 10 Dazzling air

show displays 11 Get personal,

say

12 Say how you

really feel 13 “Surely that can’t be possible?!” 14 Engages in

some repartee 19 N.F.L. practice

squad

22 Acted as a segue

for

24 Dog’s show of

excitement 26 Brand of cutting-edge equipment 28 Breeze (through) 30 Awesome,

informally 31 Green ___ 33 Ones unlikely to rule in your favor

34 Just this second 35 Countless 36 “Why, I’d love

to!”

37 Pears originally

from Europe 40 Fracking target 42 Instrument heard in the iconic intro to the Who’s “Baba O’Riley”

43 “The Tempest”

spirit

46 Walk on water? 47 What might make one less likely to flip one’s lid? 50 Cheap ticket

specification 52 Get ___ (score

highly)