The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Put on blast
5 Vegetable whose name comes from Igbo
9 Bill originating in Texas
14 It has its standards, for short
15 17-Across, for one
16 Raise
17 “On Being Brought From Africa to America” writer, 1768
20 Nobody else can take it
21 Campaign platforms, perhaps
22 Ground rule?
23 Milquetoast
24 Suffix that turns a verb into an adjective
27 Proportion of customers that make a purchase, in business-speak
29 More trifling
30 “Baloney!”
31 Gets ready to fly
32 Forgetting to finish this clue, for examp
36 Got taken for a
ride, in a way
37 Your ___
38 Occasion to ask the Four Questions
39 After Brazil, the world’s secondlargest producer of coffee
41 Give a hand?
42 Left for the
country?
43 “My goodness!”
45 Roy Lichtenstein’s “Drowning Girl,” e.g.
47 Bit of deductive
reasoning?
49 Cocktail with
caffeine
52 Can’t stand the
heat, say
53 Kind of fixation
54 Foul smell
55 Rip (from)
56 iphone command
57 Real prat
DOWN
1 Catchy tunes
2 Opposite of
rubicund
3 Battle site in
Tennessee
4 Components of some sports broadcasts
5 Swing-era bandleader ___ Cates
6 Decks and floors,
informally?
7 Alters the narrative, in a way
8 Familiar (with)
9 Laphroaig
flavorer
10 Words from a
paper pusher?
11 Region of Italy that lends its name to a pepper
12 Scream for a
team
13 What Charlotte lives above in “Charlotte’s Web”
18 “The Lord of the
Rings” actress
19 Unlikely gift
23 Courses
25 Vichyssoise ingredient
26 Source of the words “plaid” and “trousers”
28 Bacteriologist Walter who conducted yellow fever research
29 Preserver’s purchase
31 Salon offering
32 Swear
33 Name that’s a homophone of 24-Across
34 Fuji, for one
35 Dom maker
39 Pages on the left side
40 Profession
42 “And She ___” (Talking Heads hit)
44 Indie output
46 Threat to crops
47 Common additive to white rice
48 Fish named for a weapon
49 *grimaces, sticks out tongue*
50 “Which one of Arthur’s knights built the Round Table? ___ Cumference!” (groaner)
51 “My goodness!”