The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Living end

12 Writer’s deg.

15 What doesn’t have a second to lose?

16 Cruet contents 17 “Here’s one

example …”

18 Neighbor of N.Y. 19 Glass with

bubbles

20 Coronation, e.g. 21 To God,

in a hymn

22 Alternatively

23 Feature of some

digital photos

26 Puma parts

27 Quinine,

for malaria

29 Met

33 Cricket, to a grasshopper, or vice versa

35 Skirted

36 Highly

inflationary

37 Unknowingly

reveal

38 Amusing

bits of trivia

39 Dora the Explorer, for one: Abbr.

40 Some plum

tomatoes

41 Persevere

44 Taking away

48 “Strange Magic”

band, for short 49 Smart ___

50 Bear in

“The Jungle Book”

51 Woven trap

52 A back-seat driver can’t do this 55 Org. that promotes Energy Star Day

56 “Tell me more …”

57 Part of

E.S.T.: Abbr. 58 Miscellany

DOWN

1 ___ mocha

2 Something

ring-shaped

3 Something

ring-shaped

4 Bible belt?

5 Fragrant wood

6 They’re often installed in the spring, for short 7 Highway

sign abbr. 8 More than concerned 9 They’re tender 10 Places to keep 9-Down: Abbr.

11 Sport featuring

clay disks

12 Tunes to accompany dimmed lights 13 Content often written by lawyers

14 Choir part

23 Chief justice in the Dred Scott verdict 24 Finished up,

as cupcakes 25 Honda’s

luxury brand

26 Mother of

Helen of Troy

28 Some Caltech

alums: Abbr.

29 They’re hailed

on Broadway

30 Stayed out when you shouldn’t have? 31 “I’m pleasantly

surprised”

32 How some YouTube videos go

33 Talk show hosted by a Harvard grad

34 Lumbering

sorts 36 Sport for

rikishi

38 Surgical tool

40 Like clarinets

42 Donnie of a

2001 cult film 43 Terse admission

of guilt

44 Hanukkah

serving

45 The ___ Marbles (British Museum holding)

46 Solid

47 Some tracks

48 Feta sources

50 Gutsy

53 Victoria, e.g.:

Abbr.

54 River or

dynasty name