The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Cambridge student, informally

7 Militant sort

12 Scrubbed

14 Mystery writer ___ Jackson Braun

15 Start of a

big fight?

16 Champagne

is one

17 One difficult to

tie down

19 Billing units:

Abbr.

20 Dreamer of myth 21 Brand of change-counting machines

23 TV Gold?

24 ___ New

York (upscale department store chain)

25 Short but not necessarily sweet

26 Apple sauce topped nosh

27 Prestigious research university

29 Split

30 Colorful summer

treats

33 Turkish pooh-bah 34 Placated,

with “to”

36 Founder of two automobile companies 38 Some postgraduate study

41 Ability to learn and adapt neurologically 44 Says without

saying

45 Bad sign

46 Muddied

47 Antinuke pact

topic

48 Habiliments 49 Bully’s reply

DOWN

1 Dateable one

2 Not fancy at all 3 Typical results

4 Fit

5 Gudrun’s victim, in Norse myth

6 Weight-watchers

watch it

7 Jack’s sobriquet,

with “the”

8 “___ From Hawaii” (1973 Elvis concert)

9 Some ancient

Cretan statues 10 Candle scent popular at Christmas

11 Deservingly 13 Big band

singer Vic

14 Mucho

16 Fasteners with flat tops

18 Crafts site

21 Suffragist Carrie

Chapman ___ 22 Sitcom world 24 Fruity dessert 25 Get along

26 Greaves, e.g.

27 Mass readings 28 Cozy footwear,

for short

29 Vintage military

plane 30 Reality winners beginning in 2002

31 That, in France 32 Breaks things off 34 Media of

exchange

35 Superexcited

37 Places to cool it? 38 Major storm

detritus

39 Elite group

40 Arthur ___, inventor of the crossword puzzle 42 “Casablanca”

lover

43 Chanel rival