N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Case closer 7 French frozen desserts 13 Entangle 15 Fruit 16 Like taxes and fines 18 Doing time 19 Sound effect in the comic “B.C.” 20 Decorative skewer for serving hors d’oeuvres 22 VW Golf hatchback 23 11-Down sort 25 Manfred succeeded him as baseball commissioner in 2015 26 Spot at an airport 27 “Get ___!” 29 South of Brazil? 30 Shut down 31 1999 parody featuring the starship Protector 34 What 28 states are 35 Rap 36 Some 40thbirthday gag gifts 37 N.F.L. coach Rivera 38 Spruced up 42 Capital of Washington? 43 “___ thou no poison mix’d …?”: “Romeo and Juliet” 45 ___ Bottling Company (Cleveland fixture for over 85 years) 46 “___ expected …” 47 Beverage made with petals 49 When Mex. celebrates Independence Day 50 Distraught 52 Spills inadvertently 54 Title brat of kid-lit 55 Go back over 56 Opposite of took off 57 “Gotcha”

Down

1 Miss Hungary of 1936, familiarly 2 One way to break out 3 The marrying kind? 4 Marital lead-in 5 Second wife of Einstein 6 Shows signs of aging 7 “Morning Mood” composer 8 Time of selfsacrifice 9 Lummox 10 Feature of many decorative vases 11 High-andmighty 12 IBM logo feature 14 He said “You kind of live and die by the serve” 17 Provider of more bells and whistles 21 1960s sitcom matriarch 24 Lummoxes 26 Bit of fraternity party detritus 28 Things to blaze 30 Keep informed 32 Head overseas? 33 Play starters, for short 34 Pitching aid 35 [Spoiler alert!] He dies in “The Force Awakens” 36 Like many cheeses and tablets 39 Sights at a Supercharger 40 What gets broken at a mixer 41 “Hot dog!” 43 Wasn’t sure, say 44 Heads overseas? 47 Smoke screen 48 Repeated words in a multiplecount verdict reading 51 “Little Birds” author 53 Title meaning “majesty”