The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Radisson rival 7 Title role for Bryan Cranston in a 2015 biopic 13 Neologism coined by Cole Porter 15 Sea that Homer called “wine-dark” 16 Song whose opening lyric translates to “What a beautiful thing is a sunny day” 17 Missionaries’

targets 18 Scratch 19 River bisecting

Orsk

21 Squad cmdr. 22 White notes

in Monopoly 23 Golf cart

foursome 25 1962 Organization of American States expellee 26 Necromancers 27 Crown cover 28 Part of an

armada 31 Instructions on where to go? 32 World’s oldest currency still in use 33 Total

34 Grate catches? 35 Early automotive pioneer 36 Scoopers for

taramasalata 37 Musical group with “energy domes”

41 End of a

cause?

42 ___ soup 43 Pole topper 45 LeBron James,

by birth 47 Restless sort 49 “She understands her business better than we do,” per Montaigne 50 Agricultural

outfit 51 Banded metamorphic rock

52 Lively wit

Down

1 Substance used in Egyptian mummification 2 Unaided 3 Earthworm

trappers 4 Contend 5 Things mailed without a label?

6 Who said “I’m so mean I make medicine sick” 7 Cantina

offerings

8 De facto

9 ___ boots 10 Ruler’s role 11 Reports

of gunfire? 12 Performing

for an audience 13 Dummkopf 14 Emancipation

proclamation 20 Lay-by : England :: ___ : America

24 “No need to trouble yourself” 25 Firth of “The King’s Speech” 26 Make a

hash of 27 France’s

patron saint 28 Conversation

piece? 29 Follows

the game? 30 They meet

at a summit 31 Surname of

TV’s “Hot Lips” 32 Extend 36 Seven ___ (Civil War battle site) 37 Shut out 38 Things that

take guts? 39 Cathedral

feature 40 Withdraws,

with “out” 42 Opportunity’s

on it

44 Gefilte fish

option

46 Word of agreement that sounds like a pronoun 48 Road map

abbr.