The New York Times Crossword

No. 0206

ACROSS

1 First name in Russian

literature

4 Big jackpot, for short

7 “What do you think you’re

doing?!”

10 Requiring

13 Give an edge

14 Princess of Monaco

16 ___ Hufflepuff, one of the cofounders of Hogwarts

17 Nice pair of boxers? 18 Chronicles from a feminist

perspective

20 Long-proposed constitutional

inits.

21 Once-popular resort area in

the Catskills, informally 22 Sad song

24 A real cinematic tour de

force?

25 Fault-finds to a fault

27 Share, as a plot?

28 Informal address at school 30 Kind of tone

32 Charles ___, how Angelo

Siciliano is better known 34 Marketing ploy

36 Stuffed

39 Onetime Apple Store stock 41 Government program?

43 ___ process 44 Just-the-facts-please

45 Young amphibians

46 Plain as day 47 Not hold back on criticism 49 Hardwood option

50 Music genre that includes

“geeksta rap”

51 Many characters in “Kill Bill” 52 Twain

53 “Inside the N.B.A.” airer

DOWN

1 Did a Daffy Duck impression,

say

2 Intestine-related

3 Like many engagement

stones

4 [Shrug]

5 Home of the Nez Perce Indian

Reservation

6 Ones practicing social

distancing

7 More venerated … or

ventilated?

8 Author of 1884’s “The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State”

9 You might get a rise out of

this 11 Some records, for short 12 Some records

13 Traditional 19-Down soother 15 Get out

16 Getting started the wrong

way?

19 See 13-Down

21 “Give it time”

23 “Nice job!”

26 Mercedes-Benz sedan type 29 High-___ (looked down on) 31 What a mule kicks with 33 Like jacket lining, typically 35 Intersection sign

36 Big scoop

37 Hero of Virgil

38 Attacked, in a way

40 Octave’s follower in a

Petrarchan sonnet

41 Certain govt. security

42 World leader with a role in 1961’s annexation of Goa

45 Abbr. sometimes written three

times in a row

48 Affirmation of commitment