N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Calgary nickname, along with “Stampede City” 8 Competitor of Twinings 14 Collapsible chapeau 16 Where Sevastopol is

17 Like

Denver 18 Book page size

19 Eat lots of protein and carbs, say 20 Some legal speeders, briefly

22 Cab alternative 23 Pioneering football coach ___ Alonzo Stagg 24 Occupy, as a desk 26 “Let’s ___!” 27 “I expected better”

28 They may go on long walks 29 Member of Dubya’s cabinet

30 It’s filled with energy 32 The Netherlands was the first country to legalize it 35 Celebrated the birth of a child, perhaps 36 Winegrowing region of SW France 37 Them, to us 38 Prefix with tourism or politics 41 “Hmm …” 42 Bygone potentates 43 Word with bank or blind 44 Love, by another name

45 Like the ocean

46 Mess up 48 Permanentpress

50 Pogo and others 52 Totally dominating 53 Bad record? 54 Alternatives to S.U.V.s, informally 55 Common “explanation” from a parent

DOWN

1 Private practice? 2 Poppy products 3 “Sure, I guess …” 4 Long hauls 5 Island with a state capital 6 Jerked in two directions at once

7 Poke with a lot of needles? 8 Michael ___, “The Office” manager 9 Their lengths are computed by ( ÷ 360) x 2πr

10 Sloshed 11 Endangered watershed 12 Marine 13 Web-based recovery program, informally 15 Film featuring an assassin from 2029 21 Rubber

25 To a fault 26 Indian flatbreads 28 Trig function 29 Deal in 30 Souchong alternative 31 Boarding points at amusement parks

32 Vessel in a famous 1960s shipwreck 33 Midwest university city 34 Part-time job for many an actor or actress 38 Came after 39 Hannity’s former Fox News foil 40 Must pay 42 Sharp tastes

43 Bento box fare

45 Skier Lindsey with three Olympic medals

47 Peak in Thessaly 49 Bravo, e.g. 51 ___ gow (gambling game played with dominoes)