NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Who said

“Fashion changes, but style endures”

7 Little pointer 13 Distressing character in the Bible?

15 Member of the

Scooby-doo gang 16 Warn of disaster 18 Source of college

credit, informally 19 Contribute to the

mix

20 Criminal patterns,

in brief 22 Searches

(through)

23 Word after

Christmas or fur 24 Flat fees

26 Joint venture 27 Stumble

28 Tank tops?

30 Old parent company of NBC

31 Reward for a bad

N.B.A. team 33 Monet’s “Train in the Snow” or “The Magpie” 34 Hack job? 35 Bashful

friend

36 Isotopes of

element #88 37 ___ lane

40 “The Sound of Music” character who’s “17 going on 18”

42 Hangs in the

balance 43 Swimmer Torres who medaled in five Olympic Games 44 Strange 46 Chang-___ Lee, 2011 Pulitzer finalist for “The Surrendered” 47 Sets right 48 “Sure, we can

chat now” 50 Coconut-covered

snack cakes 52 Pouty cry 53 Women’s soccer powerhouse 54 Seems

crooked

55 Cloth dealer, in

Britain

DOWN

1 Obsolescent

music holder 2 Border collie, by

nature 3 Runner-up to Affirmed in every 1978 Triple Crown race

4 Nero’s zero

5 Fizz

6 Shrunken head? 7 Certain hand-held … or hand-holding 8 Knocks

9 Part of FIOS

10 “A mixture of what appears to be ESP and early Christian faith,” per a 1977 New York Times film review

11 Shelved, for now? 12 Upscale provider of grooming services

14 1800s migrant 17 Relatives of

accordions

21 Best in class 24 Dump 25 Espionage

gadgets

28 One who’s

finished 29 Technical data 31 Ad ___

32 Press coverage 33 John ___, English philosopher and theologian who made an early translation of the Bible 34 Stereotypically

lenient parent 35 Spots for snakes 37 Call to account 38 Ominous phrase 39 One of the Seven

Sisters 41 Unbroken 43 Reality show

staple 45 Masculine name that sometimes follows Mac47 Tower on a

mountain 49 Workplaces for

L.P.N.S

51 Its “concise” version has almost 1,700 pages: Abbr.