NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Clean

5 Brims

10 Peak also known as Mongibello

14 Big brand of kibble 15 Anthony of “In the Heights”

16 He called Hulk a “friend from work,” in a Marvel movie

17 Dalliance

19 Victor ___, Nobel winner for the discovery of cosmic rays

20 Romeo and Juliet, e.g.

21 Reverential term of address

22 Show featuring Bowen Yang, for short

23 Item at a T.S.A. checkpoint

24 Symptoms of stress, it's said

26 Montreal's Côte Saint-___

27 Largest city in the U.S. that's not a county seat

29 “O patria ___” (“Aida” aria)

30 It's just you and me, baby

33 Rhetorical question of

self-deprecation

34 They promise no hurt feelings

35 Goof

36 ___ + anais (baby care brand)

37 “___ sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes”: Paul Laurence Dunbar

38 “Doesn't matter to me”

40 “What do we have here!”

41 Schedule abbr.

44 ___ Chen, member of the girl group S.H.E.

45 Apple counter 48 Unoccupied

49 Score keeper?

50 Repeated cry in aerobics

51 Marc or Pau of the

N.B.A.

52 Cher, but not Sonny

53 Dance wildly

54 Tea party serving

55 Haze

DOWN

1 Floats

2 Klein who once managed the Beatles and Rolling Stones

3 Pitch

4 Cape ___, place where the Pacific and Atlantic meet

5 “Waiting for Godot,” e.g.

6 Put down the hatch

7 Sheik's peer

8 Stock exchange?

9 Bit of info for an accountant: Abbr.

10 Guiding principles

11 Eerie-sounding instruments that are played without physical contact

12 Item of punk jewelry

13 ___ Technica (website)

18 An infant's mind, according to John Locke

21 False and malicious 24 It's on the road again 25 Org. that merged with AFTRA

26 Diving bird

27 “___ Whoopee” (jazz standard)

28 Where Oliver Hazard Perry said “We have met the enemy, and they are ours”

30 “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” group, with “the”

31 Bundle

32 Wear (out)

33 Grew in appreciation for

34 One of the Maritime Provinces: Abbr.

39 The “a” of Torah?

40 Cause of bad breath 41 Intro to America's pastime

42 Tonal language family

43 Fervor

45 Chips go-with, for short

46 Bygone U.S. fuel brand

47 Try

48 End of class?

49 Tiny dosage units: Abbr.