The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 High branch, for short

7 “Don’t make me laugh!” 13 Library of Alexandria

collection

14 It reaches Washington

heights

15 First name in flight

16 Boxer whose full name is made up of only three different letters

17 Pea piercers

18 Endangered wetlands reptile

of the northeastern U.S. 19 Name in a noted

’90s breakup

20 Back up

21 Bagel variety

22 Pull (out)

23 Sterling Cooper ___ Pryce

(“Mad Men” ad agency) 25 Pig tail?

26 Break down for closer

analysis, as data

30 Iconic iPhone addition of

2011

33 Ones exploited in a capitalist

system, per Marx

35 Corvine cry

38 First international rock band to play in Cuba (2016), with “the”

39 Raider’s grp.

40 Hardly klutzy

43 Christine ___ Whitman, first female governor of New Jersey 44 Victorian greeting

45 Dead tree edition

47 Hat tips

48 “Anyhoo ...”

49 Shout from a teen’s bedroom 50 Petty tyrants

51 Green party?

52 Diamonds used in fashion 53 Places of rest

DOWN

1 Whirlpools

2 Sleeveless undergarment 3 Family time at the pool 4 President when Texas was

admitted to the Union 5 “Exodus” novelist

6 “Cheap Thrills” pop star 7 Dressage criterion

8 Grease

9 Snafu

10 Having a gap

11 “Whoa, ___!”

12 Position

14 Inductee into the National Toy Hall of Fame five years after his sister 16 They go around in circles 18 High-flying picnic game 20 “___ Wife,” Pulitzer Prizewinning George Kelly play 23 Already: Fr.

24 Like corduroy

27 Yoga pose done on hands

and knees

28 Acts lovey-dovey

29 Lent feature

31 Topping brand with multiple

misspellings in its name 32 Proposed legislation often debated alongside the DACA program

34 Goes along

35 Literally, “heads” 36 Moroccan resort city on the

Atlantic

37 Clearing

41 Like herons and flamingos 42 Documentarian Morris 44 Unexpected windfall,

figuratively

46 Give up

47 Insensitive sort

49 Major vitamin retailer