The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Geological feature of Zion National Park 11 Pandora and

others

15 Toy that’s a type of vortex cannon

16 Word with

coffee or gift 17 Stalls alongside

the road?

18 E. S. ___, game company that produced Yahtzee and Bingo

19 & & &, in

France 20 Scottish

hillside

21 Be in danger of

falling

23 Senate majority leader after Frist 24 Common bait

for fishing 25 Ham go-with? 28 Concern 29 Foundation 30 Smithereens 31 Sport featuring the eggbeater kick

33 Activist

Guinier 34 Checked out before going in? 35 Butcher’s cut 36 Parts of research papers 38 Words to live

by

39 Diamond club 40 Fraternal club 41 Situated beneath the earth’s surface 42 With skill 44 Some deer 45 Walked

confidently 46 Dark beer 47 Beer holder 50 Cheery cry 51 Gang up on, in

a way

54 Title meaning

“commander” 55 “I’m not convinced, but … all right” 56 Firms

57 Coke and Pepsi have had many of them

Down

1 On base 2 Carousel music 3 Contents of

some dollies 4 Sched. letters 5 Slight upward curves, as in roads or beams 6 Voice actor

Hank

7 Org. based near Colorado Springs

8 Join

9 Fine and dandy, in old slang 10 Blathered on

and on 11 Lots

12 Where couples may be seen kissing 13 Corporate, military and business leaders, collectively 14 One making deposits in a bank? 22 River of central

Germany 23 Pay

24 Sizes up 25 Fruits also known as bottle gourds 26 Inopportunely 27 Mega-seller 28 Flings 31 Off-the-wall 32 Novel ideas 34 Guessed right 37 Emeritus: Abbr. 38 Most easy to

walk on

41 “I haven’t the

foggiest!” 43 Half of a stock market index name

44 One who acts without thinking 46 Accepts 47 Locale for the southernmost part of U.S. Route 1, with “the”

48 Around 90° 49 Biotech products, for short

52 ___ piece 53 Martial arts word meaning “kick”