The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ROBYN WEINTRAUB

1 6 17

ACROSS

Cable news lineup

Only character with the same name in both “Rent” and “La Bohème” 10 Some urgent messages, in brief

14 Dramatic device 15 What’s before

after, at the end? 16 Kaplan course subj. “That’s enough for now” 19 Singular

20 Most promising slate of candidates 21 Decision spot 22 Dark half

23 Sexy

24 One who might have a brush with fame? 26 Jobs at Apple,

once

27 Prom night

worry

29 Puzzle solver’s

cry

30 Legal pad

alternative 33 Lightly lined

apparel 34 Batting

equipment? 35 Cost-of-living fig. 36 Array on a

screen

37 The season

opener? 38 Author who was a childhood friend of Harper Lee 40 Filch

41 Melissa Jefferson ___ Lizzo

44 Spots for bulbs 45 Celebrity’s

influence 48 Overhaul 49 Goes in 100% 50 Single piece of underwear, paradoxically 51 Highland slope 52 Background

distraction 53 Some are traditional, in brief

54 Steel (oneself) 55 Mount

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3 4 5

6 7

DOWN

Mark Japanese beer brand Camera mentioned in Paul Simon’s “Kodachrome” (not a Kodak!) River of Germany Upgrade at a dealership Warrant Singer/actor who narrated 1964’s “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”

8 Gist

9 Put out

10 Divvy up 11 Autoimmune condition with itchy skin

12 Use of a cushion or a backboard 13 Anne or Jeanne:

Abbr.

18 B+ or A

21 E-tail perk 24 Tree toppers 25 Pine product 26 Pine product 27 Pieces of

pomegranate 28 Nightclub of

song, familiarly 30 Resource with content in 300+ languages

31 ___ school 32 Seeks judgment,

in a way

33 Fairy tale

patriarch

34 Grp. that

watches TV 39 Some may linger 40 Encrusted

41 Be in store 42 Ashton Kutcher’s role on “That ’70s Show” 43 Longtime

senator Specter 45 Who asks “What can I help you with?”

46 Former Bulgarian

monarch 47 Omaha relative 48 Tech sch. in

upstate N.Y. 49 Initials of the person who said “Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you”