The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Game players? 9 Bob of “Home Again” 13 Domineered 14 Genesis patriarch 15 Grammy-winning group whose name is an homage to the Monkees 16 ___ Reader’s Encyclopedia (classic literary reference) 17 Squad on a slope 18 Best man for a wedding? 19 Sixth of five? 20 Nickname for Adrianus 22 Courtroom outburst 23 In-house service? 26 ___ Croft, comic book heroine 27 Perform extremely well, in sports lingo 29 Hawaiian pizza topping

32 Greta of

“The Player” 33 Rattle holder 34 Ironic exclamation of amazement 37 A scarf might cover it 38 Annual awards show since 1993 40 “Shoot!”

41 First name in design

42 Lotion abbr. 44 Roman magistrate’s attendants 46 Cowboys or Vikings 50 New York city west of Binghamton 51 Cubic ___ (synthetic gemstone) 52 Something that’s secretive

53 “This is too much!” 54 Single, say 55 Tumults

DOWN

1 Collectible caps 2 Call up

3 Pass on

4 Genre for Oasis and Blur 5 Practiced 6 French Quarter city, familiarly

7 Ones who help people get their acts together? 8 States, informally 9 Music’s Milli ___ 10 Uranus or Neptune

11 Don Juan

12 Part of a science journal 14 “Seinfeld” nickname

16 Part of an equestrian’s outfit

18 Sports Illustrated named it #1 in its “100 Greatest Moments in Sports History” 21 Stock owner 24 Deliberate 25 “The list goes on” 28 Oratory obstacle 29 Horses kick with them

30 Texas city on Route 66 31 1980s arcade game

35 Kind of zoo 36 Cardiac contraction 39 Whiles away 43 Barely registering 45 Onetime California fort

47 Judging by 48 Medium bra spec 49 Some gym gear 51 Face difficulty?