The New York Times Crossword

No. 1216

ACROSS

1 Corresponds

7 Very much

11 Hot temper

14 Something often held

underwater

15 Flummox

17 Flummox

18 Shakespeare, notably

19 Call of support

20 Grazer with a bushy beard 21 Joined forces (with)

22 South American arboreal

snake

26 Laser tag equipment 27 Depictions of lands’ ups and

downs

29 Seriously shortchange 32 Focal points of a debate 34 Offensive line

35 Mind

36 Brambles with edible purple

fruit

39 Resting place 40 Uncompromising sorts 42 Small bouquet

43 Setting for Shakespeare’s

“Twelfth Night”

45 Casts off

47 Weekly 90-min. TV show 48 Cowboys’ grp.

50 Word with room or system 52 Flummox … or a classic word game represented by the central grid of shaded squares, in which 15-, 17and 55-Across can be found 55 Flummox

56 Nonchalant 57 No. after a no.

58 Drink sometimes served in a

masu cup

59 Hits the roof

DOWN

1 “Sesame Street” Muppet with magical powers

2 Hug or kiss, maybe

3 Took a second?

4 Three-vowel French word that sounds like a fourth vowel

5 French connections

6 ___-wolf

7 “___ Ben Adhem” (Leigh Hunt poem)

8 “Dancing With the Stars” judge Goodman

9 Comes clean

10 Certain marketing gimmicks

11 Pensée

12 Liberal arts college in Portland, Ore.

13 Transgress

16 Former Fords

18 In a real mess

20 Runs out of water

23 Start of a count-off

24 Name that drops “-jah” 25 Dumbbell curls build them,

for short

26 Monthly utility statement

28 Sound from a crib

29 Giving a boost

30 Unrefined material

31 Dangerous pellets

32 Rabble

33 Figure on a fiver

34 Winter exclamation

37 Photo lab request: Abbr.

38 Singer Lana del ___

40 Surfer wannabes

41 Subordinate in the prosecutor’s office: Abbr.

42 Its flag has vertical stripes of red-white-red

44 Key just above G

45 Glasses, informally

46 Weight

47 Old dagger

49 Collectible cartoon frames

50 Award turned down by Alan Rickman: Abbr.

51 Variety

52 Pre-A.D.

53 Piece of equipment for certain summer Olympians

54 Atlanta sch.