N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 High branch, for short

7 “Don’t make

me laugh!” 13 Library of Alexandria collection

14 It reaches Washington heights

15 First name in

flight

16 Boxer whose

full name is made up of only three different letters

17 Pea piercers 18 Endangered wetlands reptile of the northeastern U.S. 19 Name in a noted ’90s breakup

20 Back up

21 Bagel

variety 22 Pull (out)

23 Sterling Cooper ___ Pryce (“Mad Men” ad agency)

25 Pig tail?

26 Break down for closer analysis, as data

30 Iconic iPhone addition of 2011 33 Ones exploited in a capitalist system, per Marx

35 Corvine cry 38 First international rock band to play in Cuba (2016), with “the”

39 Raider’s

grp.

40 Hardly

klutzy 43 Christine ___ Whitman, first female governor of New Jersey 44 Victorian

greeting

45 Dead tree

edition

47 Hat tips

48 “Anyhoo ...” 49 Shout from a teen’s bedroom

50 Petty tyrants

51 Green party? 52 Diamonds used in fashion

53 Places of

rest

DOWN

1 Whirlpools

2 Sleeveless undergarment

3 Family time

at the pool

4 President when

Texas was admitted to the Union

5 “Exodus”

novelist

6 “Cheap Thrills” pop star

7 Dressage

criterion

8 Grease

9 Snafu

10 Having

a gap

11 “Whoa, ___!” 12 Position 14 Inductee into the National Toy Hall of Fame five years after his sister

16 They go around in circles

18 High-flying

picnic game 20 “___ Wife,” Pulitzer Prizewinning George Kelly play

23 Already:

Fr.

24 Like

corduroy

27 Yoga pose done on hands and knees

28 Acts loveydovey

29 Lent feature 31 Topping brand with multiple misspellings in its name 32 Proposed legislation often debated alongside the DACA program

34 Goes along 35 Literally,

“heads”

36 Moroccan resort city on the Atlantic

37 Clearing

41 Like herons and flamingos 42 Documentarian

Morris

44 Unexpected windfall, figuratively 46 Give up

47 Insensitive

sort

49 Major vitamin retailer