The New York Times
ACROSS
1 Prefix with day or night
4 “You can’t possibly mean me?!” 7 ___ Khan (Muslim title) 8 “Malternative” beverage
15 It’s mostly nitrogen on Earth, but carbon dioxide on Mars 16 Preschooler, say 17 With 8-Down, light blue Monopoly property
18 Jan. honoree 19 Zoned out 22 Kareem AbdulJabbar’s alma mater 23 “Mamma ___!” 24 Footnote abbr. 25 Dude 28 iPad Pro, for one 31 With 48-Down, promotional phrase on some product packages 32 1996 doubleplatinum Beck album 33 Regulator mechanism, for short
34 Utter hell, say? 35 N.B.A. great with five championship rings as a player and three as a head coach
37 Fix, as loose laces 38 Seemed confused, maybe
46 One told to “Go get ’em!” 47 Provider of a canyon trail ride 49 Appeared pokerfaced 55 Whittle (down) 56 Brand with the record for a single car driven the most miles (3+ million and counting)
57 It’s $550 for 17-Across/8-Down with a hotel on it 58 Directive before “awake” or “woke” 59 “Adorkable” one, maybe 60 20,310 ft., for Denali
DOWN
1 Taiwan Strait’s ___ Islands
2 “Roger that” 3 Result of a damaged hard drive
4 One whose porridge was too cold for Goldilocks 5 Pennsylvania petroleum center, once 6 Peeved
8 See 17-Across: Abbr.
9 Paved the way 10 1981’s “Gorky Park” or 2012’s “Gone Girl”
11 Luxury hotel chain 12 “Stuffed” food item at a pub
13 Musician Yoko 14 N.B.A. scoring stat: Abbr.
20 Name of 11 pharaohs 21 Support column 26 Muppet with a unibrow 27 Effect created by a guitar pedal, informally 29 Magazine highlighting Clio winners
30 It’s been known to chase Wild Turkeys 36 Letter before theta 38 Pair of cymbals in a drum kit
39 Ancient marketplace 40 Loser to Truman in 1948
41 “___ you for real?” 42 Certain Wall Street takeover, in brief 43 Highly unconventional 44 Large bay window 45 Danish coin 46 Bakers’ amts. 48 See 31-Across 50 Blu-ray forerunner 51 Partner of then 52 World Cup cheer 53 “Killing ___” (Sandra Oh series) 54 Swarm