NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Comic improvisations 6 Jacket material 14 Muralla de ___ (Spanish landmark)

15 Home to about 4 in 5 Americans, per the census 16 Categorized by

district

17 “Ooh … impressive!” 18 Function with no

limits?

19 Simple shot 20 Facility

21 Sazerac cocktail

ingredient

22 Share a course,

perhaps 24 Perambulate 26 Supporting frame 31 Drag enthusiast 34 “This is too much

for me”

35 Things relied on in

desperation 37 Takes a ride?

38 Car feature with

hands-free steering 39 Staged attention

getter

41 Teddy bear 42 Discount shoe

retailer

45 In-person setting for the Emmys, but not the Oscars: Abbr.

46 Passing options 50 Hole maker

51 Not kosher 52 Going from petticoats to pants, once

54 Icelandic currency 55 Challenge for an

infielder

56 Sans ___ (carefree) 57 Eternally, in

religious parlance 58 Sedated

DOWN

1 Superquick on the uptake 2 Intellectual property?

3 Digital access points

4 Savagely criticize 5 HAL’s earthbound “twin,” in Arthur C. Clarke’s “2010: Odyssey Two” 6 ___ fraîche 7 Certain liberal of the 21st century 8 The Hokies of the

A.C.C., for short 9 Suffix with insist 10 Pink or close to it 11 “This is prophetic” in “Nixon in China,” e.g.

12 Requests made to profs for postgrad programs

13 Word with hot or

spit

15 Tesla, for one 19 First name of Israel’s first female prime minister 22 Obstructs 23 Arrangements of

locks

25 “… eh, scratch that” 27 Quaint accessory

for an aviator 28 Speak up boldly 29 Noticeable

30 Local celebration,

of a sort

32 Forensic lab

activity 33 Extension for

54-Down

36 Squad

40 New Hampshire’s “Gate City” 43 Charging

implement

44 One of 30 on a regular dodecahedron 46 “I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do,

I Do” band, 1975 47 Engage in

rodomontade 48 Give up

49 Pileup after digging

a hole

51 “___: Uprising” (Disney animated series)

53 Say “You’re so-o-o

cute!,” say

54 The Wildcats of the

Big 12 Conf.