The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Prominent feature of dubstep music 5 Try to avoid an accident, maybe 11 Fields of food? 14 Mass observance 15 Lit from above? 16 It sounds like you 17 Boss 19 Big source of coal: Abbr. 20 Song that Paul McCartney wrote at 16 22 Generic 23 Street ___ 24 Goddess who caused the Trojan women to riot in the “Aeneid” 25 Parting chorus
31 Sinner’s heart? 32 Having a protective cover, of a sort 33 One side of the Mideast 34 Wear for a flower child 35 Something you may need to get off your chest 38 Provocative performance 39 Create an icicle, say
40 Heart’s partner 41 Mets’ division, for short
43 Stance 49 Bordeaux toasting time
50 Ketchup base
51 Stretch out 52 “Ave Maria,” e. g. 53 “Sure, I’m game” 54 Rock’s ___ Soundsystem 55 Worked ( out) 56 Binding exchange
DOWN
1 Base for some ice cream 2 Stadium noisemaker 3 First bishop of Paris 4 Perceived to be 5 Embarrassed 6 They take place in theaters 7 “The Time Machine” people 8 Sauce thickener 9 Scream one’s head off 10 Start to go down the drain 11 2009 millionselling Justin Bieber release 12 Some vaudeville fare 13 Grassy surface 18 Edge 21 Symbol on a cello or tuba composition 26 Slide presentation? 27 Mature 28 Historic computer 29 Famed cabin site 30 Flight figures, for short 32 Start of a Saturday night catchphrase 33 Big cheese wheels? 34 “Walk on the Wild Side” singer, 1973 35 Like Swiss steak 36 Creamy, whitish dish
37 Relevance 38 Beautifully worded 39 Alaska’s ___ Park Road 40 Brief period 42 Edge 44 Texter’s “Alternatively …” 45 Gumshoe Charles 46 “Lucky Jim” author 47 Tie securely 48 Winnebago relative