NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Big name in Scotch
7 Family name on “Seinfeld” 15 Provincial governor in the Byzantine Empire
16 Patriots in New York, e.g. 17 Harmless rattler 18 Ram rod? 19 Working
21 Secure, with “down”
23 Frozen asteroid or planet
27 Left a bad impression on? 31 Boxer Trinidad 32 “Don’t just take my word for it!” 34 What may be drawn with black and white?
39 Flush, e.g. 42 Prepare, as a certain movie snack
43 Celeb 45 Equilibrium 49 Vegetarian spread
53 On every occasion 55 Dispensable young beau
56 Big name in beer 57 One side in the Ryder Cup
58 & 59 Lakeside activity ... or a hint to the words spelled across the fifth, eighth and 11th rows of the completed grid
DOWN
1 Mark on one’s record 2 Proctored event, maybe
3 John Mccrae, author of
“In Flanders Fields,” e.g. 4 Name seen on the Kazakh/ Uzbek border 5 First soft drink sold in allaluminum cans 6 Light carriage, informally 7 Memory ___ 8 Be shy
9 Onetime Scandinavian export
10 Rule that should be broken? 11 Rat-___
12 Like the newest model, familiarly 13 Jewelry store eponym
14 “My thoughts exactly!”
20 What jelly rolls are filled with? 22 Memorable 2021 hurricane 24 Word often before a year 25 One who’s not a fan
26 One way to prevent stock losses?
28 Bug collection? 29 Ancient invaders of Rome
30 Silas ___, first American diplomat to France
33 Mauna ___ 35 Tailgate grill 36 Separate
37 2.0, for one 38 Moonscape feature
40 Took full advantage of the buffet, say 41 Unmoved reaction
44 West Coast burger chain with a “not-sosecret menu” 45 Vast expanses 46 Lose value quickly
47 News anchor Smith, informally 48 Enthusiastic assent in Spanish
49 On the surface it might not look like much 50 Five-spots 51 Prefix for fireworks 52 Imbibe 54 R&b/pop vocal group Boyz II ___