NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 One who takes

stock

12 Can you believe

it?!

15 Fear of public

places

16 Sticky stuff

17 Tending (to)

18 Half of a frozen

foods brand

19 Makes a splash

20 Tapes, say

22 Trees symbolizing death in Celtic culture

23 Crumb

24 Speculative fiction writer Stephenson

25 Go away

27 Before thou

knowest

29 Company that owns Rotten Tomatoes

33 Neighbor of

Ciudad Juárez

35 On a par with

36 Prepared

37 6-9 months?

38 They’re involved in the scheme of things

39 File extensions

40 1986 sci-fi film

sequel

42 Pair of skivvies?

44 Writers Patchett and Brashares 45 Tousle

49 Choppered in or

out, say

51 Figure that goes through the roof in December?

52 QB’S stat: Abbr.

53 Director of two Best Picturenominated films of the 2010s

55 Issa of comedy

56 “Unforgettable … With Love” Grammy recipient

57 Author

58 Lineup on a city

block

DOWN

1 Absurdly

exaggerated

2 Dexterous

3 As yet

4 Sets off

5 Young woman

6 Brand for determining if you’re expecting

7 World’s deepest

river

8 Survivor at the end of “Hamlet”

9 Long-legged

waders

10 Fifth of fünf

11 Steely Dan

singer Donald 12 1973 Jim Croce

hit

13 Rage quitter,

maybe

14 Tavern in the same town as Krusty Burger

21 Leaves home?

23 It bears

repeating

25 View from a

highland

26 Long-legged

waders

28 Communicates nonverbally, in a way

29 Ending with

love or snooze

30 Powerful spirits

31 British P.M.’S residence, informally

32 Young woman

34 Things to draw

or cast 01/08/2021

36 Los Angeles suburb bordering Griffith Park

38 Sticky stuff

41 Not on time for

43 Communicates nonverbally, in a way

45 One of the

racing Andrettis

46 Like a prize that’s still up for grabs

47 Wooden leg?

48 Venerable

advisers

49 Org. whose website has a Social Security Resource Center

50 School house?

51 Tarot reader, e.g.

54 Tweet attachment, at times