The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 From the beginning,

on scores

7 F-14 fighter jet 13 Stumper?

14 Relief pitcher of old 15 Creep

16 Shell pieces

17 Service that’s out of

this world?

19 Coast Guard rank:

Abbr.

20 One may be packed for a trip to the mountains

21 Silver, for one

22 Fly catcher

23 Tiniest amount

25 Text massage

26 Cooler

27 Gained

28 Sharp, as criticism 29 “Army” leader of old 32 “Mamma Mia!” and

“Jersey Boys,” for two 35 Spotify’s moststreamed artist of the 2010s

36 In the cards

37 Start of an exchange 38 ___ loss

39 Setting for many a

season of “Survivor” 40 Mottled

41 Really sinks in 43 Dealer’s request

44 Bit of A/V equipment 45 Org. that awards the

Energy Star label 46 Parenting term popularized by Amy Chua in a 2011 nonfiction best seller

50 Model company

52 Last month

53 One sometimes working on a shoulder 54 Erasmus of Formia, by

another name

55 Hot

56 Kind of bear

DOWN

1 Simple pencil-and-paper game

2 Met demand, maybe 3 Big-pocketed character on an old show 4 Swear

5 Combines

6 City whose name means “eagle” in Russian

7 Attorney’s favorite

dessert?

8 Common name among Norwegian royals

9 Concierge handout 10 Regional specialty of

southern Ohio 11 Highly skilled 12 Letter-shaped opening 14 Speaker of the #1 quote on A.F.I.’s list of the 100 greatest movie quotes

16 Flight simulator? 18 What one might be

represented by 22 Chi-Town exchange 23 Christian bracelet

letters

24 Time of day

25 Prefix with friendly 26 Red stamp word 28 Help to hold up, say 30 Nastase of tennis 31 Begun: Abbr. 33 Stretches (out)

34 Spot

40 Like dates that lack a

heart

41 Spinoff groups

42 Split up

43 Pulitzer Prize-winning

poet Conrad

44 Very, musically 46 Evidence that’s hard

to refute 47 Strong-smelling secretion 48 Anarchist/political

activist Goldman 49 Swindle

51 Unit in chemistry:

Abbr.