The New York Times

ACROSS

1 Requirement

7 Wage conflict, say 13 Things often hit during rush hour 15 “I Wish” rapper, 1995

16 Subj. of the 17th Amendment

17 Bit of inside info 18 Cold War missile type 19 Believer in the Horned God 21 Excellent 22 Campaign figure, informally 23 Front on the waterfront

24 Out of one’s head, in slang

25 Sci-fi portals 29 Fairy tale villain 30 “… unless I’m mistaken” 31 Writers George and T. S.

32 “You have my vote!” 35 Jeering words after a prank 36 Clear 37 Things you can barely see at art galleries? 38 Time for an exhibition 42 Word derived from the Greek for “age”

43 Rafter neighbor

44 Org. with resources on smart growth 45 Fashion inits.

46 Do a favor 48 Reclined

49 Uses a stylus on a credit card reader, e.g.

51 Role in 2012’s “The Dark Knight Rises”

53 Take on 54 Whole

55 Really not good anymore 56 Specialty of Aristophanes

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1 Supporting character? 2 ___ von der Leyen, first female head of the European Commission, who negotiated Brexit for the E.U. 3 Remove one’s coat? 4 Wealth

5 It adds one point to a soccer team’s standing in the English Premier League 6 Proceeding very, very quietly 7 “Poppycock!”

8 Singer whose name becomes a city if you add an “R” in the middle 9 As ___ 10 Reaction to some P.D.A.

11 Port of SE Spain 12 Restaurant chain originally called Chicken on the Run 13 Borders 14 Protective suits? 20 Trig function 24 Sevastopol is its largest city 26 Humorist Leo who wrote “The Joys of Yiddish,” 1968 27 Shades, as with a pencil

28 “The Queen’s Gambit” actress ___ Taylor-Joy

29 Thick as thieves 31 Reigns, say 32 “Sure, it could be” 33 One might have a bunch of errands 34 Anticonsumerists aiming to help the environment 35 12 months from now

38 Homie

39 One doing some stitching 40 Methadone or oxycodone 41 Kind of state 43 Buddy of “Barnaby Jones”

46 “This one’s ___” 47 “___ Is Betta Than Evvah!” (1976 album) 48 Actress Petty 50 Make extremely upset

52 Card