NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Like the emo genre
7 Chocolate or caramel 10 Contretemps 14 Wait here!
16 See 4-Down 17 Holiday production? 18 Really feeling 19 Item on a toothpick 20 Insects that may lack mouths
22 Subject of many a conspiracy theory
23 Hajj, e.g.
24 “And … we’re ___!”
25 Overplay
27 Word with red or reason
28 The Atlantic, but not the Pacific, for short
29 Devour, with “up” 30 Metaphorical setting in which everything is inverted from the norm 32 Be peevish with 34 Sometime
35 Many are under the influence of this at college parties
37 Covered with fat 38 “Sure, I’m game” 39 Breathing exercises, in brief? 42 Vehemence 43 Bottom lines 44 Mind
45 Sorting label for a Twitter search
46 Jazzman who was a pioneer of Afrofuturism 48 Thoroughly examined, in a way
49 Couple’s word
51 Upbraids
53 Texted lead-in to an alternative 54 “Thanks, Captain Obvious!” 55 Literary member of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 56 “Why, every fault’s condemn’d ___ it be done”: “Measure for Measure” 57 Minute
DOWN
1 Shady spots
2 Bly who traveled around the globe in 72 days
3 Set of programs including Drive and Docs, once 4 With 16-Across, championshipwinning head coach of the Golden State Warriors
5 Stun, in a way 6 Compliment to the chef 7 Entertains
8 Bond
9 Really impress? 10 Emulate Olympian Lindsey Vonn 11 Visual effect from a partial eclipse
12 With cunning 13 Moved en masse
15 Brood 21 Springtime forecast 24 Monitor, e.g. 26 Digs, so to speak
28 They have many small teeth
29 Freak out 30 “Lincoln in the ___” (2017 best-selling novel)
31 Stuff in stuffing 32 Main course? 33 Nickname for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
35 Part of a company 36 Popular ice drink
39 Redeem, as at a casino
40 Gets ready for a date, maybe 41 Morning omen for sailors
43 It’s not a good look
44 Apt rhyme for “stash” 47 Something an ascetic might fight
48 Actress Blanchett
50 Sister channel of Flix, for short 52 Kind of milk