The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS 1 It might go to the dogs 11 Unaltered

15 Tahoe, for one 16 Costa ___

17 Trendy salad type

18 Plot in Genesis

19 Prey for a dingo 20 “Rush!” 21 Assessment of acidity 23 Platform that many things run on

24 Part of the Trinity 25 Maniacal laugh 26 Traditional retirement present 27 Ambiguity 28 Selection ___ 30 Breezes (along) 31 Knights, bishops, rooks, etc.

32 Fluff pieces

33 See 47-Down

34 Not final

35 Word before

“I hate that!”

36 “I’m ___!”

37 An almanac and Google, for a crossword solver 38 Extra keys, e.g. 40 Excel-using exec, maybe 41 What officials need to get cleared before speaking? 42 Bladder, e.g. 43 Subway operator, for short

46 Stuffed appetizer 47 Relative of sepia 48 Cable inits. popular with female viewers 49 Starting

50 “That’s not me anymore” 53 Hilton alternative 54 “Take your time” 55 Funny Martha 56 Wheedles DOWN

1 Part of the original

“Star Trek” cast 2 National

alternative

3 88 or 89

4 That can’t

be right

5 Boxes

6 September and October, for pumpkins 7 Expletive-free 8 Farrier’s tool 9 Going by 10 Postarrest

ritual

11 “___ Arrives”

(1967 soul album) 12 Pitched

horizontally 13 Polar features 14 Seat of Orange

County, Calif. 22 Kansas’ Fort ___ 25 Escort 26 Rehearsed

27 Too lean

28 Major lobbying group, colloquially 29 United

30 “Blue ___” (Irving Berlin tune) 32 Lasciviously desires

33 Keeps up

34 Part of one’s Twitter page, informally

36 High ___

37 Bills are found in it

39 College assignment, informally? 40 Prestige

42 South American capital

43 High muck-a-muck 44 Move behind? 45 Very long chain 47 First name of a cartoon 33-Across

51 “I shall return,” e.g. 52 It checks for leaks, for short