The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Writes a Dear John letter, say 7 Ones taking a bow? 13 Like many movies on

file-sharing sites 15 Lane in the Rock and Roll

Hall of Fame 16 Prime times 18 Title locale in a 1987 Cheech

Marin film 19 It starts in late winter in N.Y.C. 20 Betray some nervousness 22 “Licensed to ___” (first rap

album to reach #1) 23 Career 25 Appetizer served with

a two-pronged fork 26 Mayberry moppet 27 Songwriter Carole Bayer ___ 29 Hosp. workers 30 Staple of Hindustani music 31 Event often with gate

crashers? 34 Not to be taken seriously 35 Just deserts 36 Spaghetti western persona 37 Chinese dynasty of 2,000

years ago 38 Tiny, informally 42 Model married to David

Bowie 43 Medicinal shrub 45 Natural history museum

exhibit, informally 46 Longtime news inits. 47 Tin alloys 49 Word on many fragrance

bottles 50 Who wrote to Ptolemy I “There is no royal road to geometry” 52 So-called “teardrop of India” 54 Her helmet is shown on West

Point’s coat of arms 55 Amble 56 Kind of jar 57 Break off

DOWN

1 Reese’s field 2 “You got me there” 3 Private identification? 4 Dump 5 Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, e.g. 6 Nature’s pacifiers? 7 Spinning 8 V-8 sound 9 Hosp. workers 10 So as not to wake anyone,

say 11 Leader at the Battle of

Hastings 12 Eskimo hunter, at times 14 Augustus, to Julius Caesar 17 Wisenheimer 21 Longtime adviser on dos and

don’ts 24 Tough course 26 Canola, e.g. 28 Kitchen tool 30 Hard stuff 32 When repeated, Thor

Heyerdahl book 33 Chaney of horror 34 Saudi Arabia, for one 35 Make sense 36 Hereditary 39 Nothing, in Napoli 40 Wound 41 1983 Lionel Richie hit 43 Body style 44 “Eugene Onegin” highlights 47 Long 48 Turn on an axis 51 Like some lamps 53 Ruling party in Pretoria, for

short