The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 ___ TV
7 What an alley-oop is, essentially
13 Business headache
15 Joint
16 Breeze for the beach, maybe
18 “Never attribute to _ _ _ that which is adequately explained by stupidity” (Hanlon’s razor)
19 Not stiff at all
20 One arriving tomorrow, supposedly
22 Set piece?
23 Superficially clever
24 Put off
25 Sport whose name means “the gentle way”
26 “Tee” follower
27 The brachiocephalic trunk branches from it
28 Apple product?
29 “How about that!”
31 Innovation of the 1920s that’s still spoken of with wonder today
32 They beep when tested
33 Tail, maybe
34 Aqua ___
35 “Miracle Workers” airer
38 Verb that becomes its opposite when its first letter is changed to an “f”
39 Fashion label founded by Rihanna
40 Converse
41 Farm creature
42 Blender setting
43 Not fresh
44 John Deere product
46 Condiment sometimes mixed with mayonnaise
48 Break from the band
49 Snatched up, in slang
50 Eve ___, playwright who created the activist movement V-day
51 Fleet
DOWN
1 “Amen to that!”
2 American, for example
3 Pop-up destination
4 “___ is knowing who you are, what you want to say and not giving a damn”: Gore Vidal
5 Dark side of the moon?
6 Mimic
7 Heavy coat
8 Goal for some runners
9 Fleur de _ _ _ (delicate crust on the surface of seawater)
10 “That makes sense”
11 Broke off
12 Earth-shaking event
14 Enthusiastic sort
17 Common spots for autographs
21 Concern for the 1%?
24 ___ far niente (pleasant idleness)
25 Nick, Joe or Kevin of pop
27 Uniform
28 Best, in an idiom
29 Remark from one waving a white flag
30 Ordered lineup
31 One clever enough to win every argument … but not clever enough not to
32 Deceive, especially to avoid responsibility for something
33 Word with electric or criminal
35 Alan of “Growing Pains”
36 Got clean, in a way
37 Fixed
39 Red state
40 Towering sight at a site for a tower
42 Name added to a Brazilian dictionary in 2023 as an adjective meaning “incomparable”
43 Set off
45 Campaigner, informally
47 What some smartphones run on