The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Unrepaired 5 Terse turndown to an invitation 11 “No ___” 14 Romance novelist’s award

15 One taking a bow

16 One of the pioneers of the internet 17 Internet marketing metric 19 Smallest possible band 20 Commands 21 Monkey 23 Shows friendliness, in a way 24 Lead-in to gender

25 One of the film-directing Wachowskis 27 Word whispered by the quiet old lady in “Goodnight Moon”

28 Like most proverbs, in brief

29 An order might be one

34 Bar requirement 35 Playwright who wrote “We are all born mad. Some remain so” 36 Shade at the beach 37 Caper

38 ___ classic 39 Sharp 40 1962 Stanley Kubrick film 46 Like some winter windshields 48 This might be cast in a police drama 49 It self-replicates 50 Not stay on the same page, say 52 With 55-Across, film comedy bomb of 1994 53 Brokerage giant founded in 1991

54 Diner manager in “Garfield” 55 See 52-Across 56 Not just rank 57 It appears in stacks

Down

1 About

5% of the world’s population 2 Finer cut, usually 3 Anxious 4 Something the force is responsible for? 5 Landscapers may find them hard to handle 6 Asylums 7 Big manufacturer of bar code scanners

8 “You really have a warped mind!” 9 Receive surprising news 10 Beehive State city 11 Prepared to move to the sticks?

12 Bit of unpleasantness 13 ___ Worms (1980s toys) 18 “In a way” 22 Protest

24 Part of a place setting 26 “___ news?” 27 Only musician to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 as both a vocalist and an instrumentalist 29 Shown in more than one place

30 Make match 31 “That’s my ___” 32 Arrives at in a vehicle 33 Artichoke heart? 34 Comfort Inn competitor 35 ___ fly 40 Scrim material 41 Pablo Neruda’s “___ to Wine” 42 Late civil rights leader John 43 Prelim

44 “Ich liebe dich” : German :: “___” : Spanish 45 Time spent close to home 47 No goldbrick 48 Stay close to shore, say 49 Dance move 51 ___ Sherman cigars