The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Opposite of

very

5 Part of Kamala Harris’s ancestry 10 Lead-in to

-nomic

14 “Not finished

yet …”

16 Some tandoori

fare 17 Paper-pusher 18 Stopping

point? 19 Outburst of complete exhaustion 20 Dice, in slang 21 “Glorify ___ Name” (church chorus) 22 Roman foeman 23 Witticism 24 New York football team, to fans 26 Country singer/

songwriter Tillis 27 Palindromic

woman’s name 28 One going through cyclic ups and downs? 31 Spot at a movie

theater 32 Doctor’s

approach 33 Suffix with

form

34 Curve together loosely, as one’s hands 35 Plates 36 Not-so-hard pill

to swallow 38 Zip

39 “Pretty worm of Nilus,” in Shakespeare 42 Playwright

Fugard 43 Laugh it off,

say

46 Fall sound 47 Polonium was named for her homeland, Poland, in 1898 48 “Watch your ___!” (response to 52-Across) 49 Option for expressing grievances 50 Picks, in football: Abbr. 51 Calves come

from them 52 See 48-Across

Down

1 Scope 2 Something you shouldn’t do in an art museum 3 Solar ___ 4 Celebrity chef

Paula

5 Grew a spine 6 Client’s company contact, informally 7 Dummkopf 8 “___ absolute

mess”

9 Word that’s also a diminutive suffix

10 Stop at

11 Big earner at a

business 12 Message that basically tells you to get a life?

13 Amazon

deterrent 15 Work with a needle, informally 20 Terrible on opening weekend, say

23 Some slapstick

props 24 Impersonate on Halloween 25 It contains many numbers 26 Gilbert and Sullivan’s “glorious thing to be” 28 Olympic pursuit 29 “___ inside” (convenience store sign) 30 Parts of Polynésie française 31 Form of

crowdfunding 32 Lamborghini

alternative 37 Things that can be cracked

38 One knife in a knife collection 39 Source of the brachiocephalic trunk 40 Heaven, with

“the”

41 Gets a hard

look (at) 43 Athletic trainer’s supply

44 A as in Atlantic

City? 45 Projects

47 Kind of rule