NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “No, thanks” 6 Rapper’s

release

10 Activity that might elicit stares, for short 13 Singer/actress Janelle

14 Theater option 15 Couleur du

chocolat

16 “___ Ever” (Elvis song from “G.I. Blues”)

17 Yamaha purchase 19 Hazmat regulator 20 USA competitor 21 Construction piece that describes what happens when you compliment me?

22 Kashyyyk denizen,

in sci-fi 24 Contents of some

sleeves

26 Olympic runner? 27 Up and a little to

the left, for short 28 One who might be diagnosed with a polysomnogram 31 Cellist with a Presidential

Medal of Freedom 32 Like some legal

judgments 33 Singer seen annually on

David Letterman’s Christmas show 34 “Say no more —

I’m on it”

35 “___ Mañanitas” (traditional Mexican birthday song)

38 GPS suggestion:

Abbr.

39 Walletful

40 Aid in breaking

down doors

42 Go down, so to

speak

44 ___ South, div. of the 55-Acrosses 45 Pixy ___

46 #2 image among smartphone users?

49 Not straight

up

50 “That’s my cue!” 51 Taqueria order,

informally

52 ___ Park, Calif. 53 “C’mon, man,”

in a syllable 54 Wetlands

feature

55 See 44-Across DOWN

1 “Count me in” 2 One of the nine weapons in

2008’s expanded version of Clue 3 “That, in spades!” 4 See 8-Down 5 Lead-in to cow, horse or dog 6 Footwear with a tree logo

7 Who said “The Lord will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem” 8 With 4-Down, someone who might repossess your car when you go bankrupt? 9 Prefix with thermic

10 Like some

vestments 11 1980s presidential

candidate

12 Weak

15 So-so bond rating 18 Conquers 20 English breakfast,

for example 23 “Ninotchka”

actress, 1939 24 Mayoralty,

e.g. 25 Close … but not

that close 29 Unseeded?

30 Trim

31 French homophone of 30-Down 32 Stand-up comedian with the 2005 doubleplatinum album “Retaliation” 33 Companies known for their net profit

34 “Enough

already!”

35 Many a Univision viewer, in modern usage

36 Armpit

37 Poet with the

1967 Pulitzerwinning volume “Live or Die” 41 Big name in

parfum

43 Original airer of “Everybody Hates Chris” 44 Cracked

47 ___ Resorts

International 48 “Je pense que

___” (“I think so”: Fr.)

49 Tsp. or tbsp.