NY Times Puzzle No. 1007
ACROSS
Big name in
1
Scotch
Family name on
7
“Seinfeld” Provincial
15
governor in the Byzantine Empire
Patriots in New
16
York, e.g.
Harmless rattler
17
Ram rod?
18
Working
19
Secure, with
21
“down”
Frozen asteroid
23
or planet
Left a bad
27
impression on?
Boxer Trinidad
31
“Don’t just take
32
my word for it!”
What may be
34
drawn with black and white?
Flush, e.g.
39
Prepare, as a
42
certain movie snack
Celeb
43
Equilibrium
45
Vegetarian
49
spread
On every
53
occasion
Dispensable
55
young beau
Big name in
56
beer
One side in the
57
Ryder Cup
Lakeside
58 & 59
activity ... or a hint to the words spelled across the fifth, eighth and 11th rows of the completed grid
DOWN
Mark on one’s 1
record
Proctored event,
2
maybe
John McCrae,
3
author of “In Flanders Fields,” e.g.
Name seen on
4
the Kazakh/ Uzbek border First soft drink
5
sold in allaluminum cans Light carriage,
6
informally Memory ___
7
Be shy
8
Onetime
9
Scandinavian export
Rule that should
10
be broken?
Rat-___
11
Like the newest
12
model, familiarly
Jewelry store
13
eponym
“My thoughts
14
exactly!”
What jelly rolls
20
are filled with?
Memorable
22
2021 hurricane
Word often
24
before a year
One who’s not a
25
fan
One way to
26
prevent stock losses?
Bug collection?
28
Ancient
29
invaders of Rome
Silas ___,
30
first American diplomat to France
Mauna ___
33
Tailgate grill
35
Separate
36
2.0, for one
37
Moonscape
38
feature
Took full
40
advantage of the buffet, say
Unmoved
41
reaction
West Coast
44
burger chain with a “not-sosecret menu”
Vast expanses
45
Lose value
46
quickly
News anchor
47
Smith, informally
Enthusiastic
48
assent in Spanish
On the surface
49
it might not look like much Five-spots
50
Prefix for
51
fireworks
Imbibe
52
R&B/pop
54
vocal group
Boyz II ___
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