NEW YORK TIMES
ACROSS
1 Thrower of a
reception
7 Home to the world's largest population of Indian rhinos
12 Sweet message
bearer
14 Place for bucks at
the bar?
15 Lecture
16 Geometry suffix 17 Drag racer?
18 Large combo
19 ___ acid
21 “The Book of
Mormon” org.
22 Turn (off)
23 Trying to get a
hold of
25 Drench
26 Hunks of plastic? 27 Spoil everything 31 Screw off
33 Solving puzzles, e.g. 34 “Come on, ___!” 35 Form a connection
where sparks fly 36 Commotion
37 They're only
human
39 Jumble
40 Cartoonish cry
43 One of the Minecraft protagonists 44 Animal whose singular and plural forms are the same
45 Like much of Azerbaijan's population
47 Spanish letter with
or without a tilde 48 All bent out of
shape
49 Bust
52 Question asked
while tapping
53 “All good here!” 54 Juno, to Jupiter
DOWN
1 A magician might use a hidden one
2 Enlightened
Buddhist
3 “Don't delay!” 4 High light?
5 Great mysteries
6 Pull back
7 I.M. innovator
8 Breaks down
9 Emoji that might be used in response to a funny text
10 Felt crummy
11 Card game combos 12 Was ready for
13 Ones who might
roast you
14 Speed of sound
15 Anyone's game
19 Informal negation 20 Tripping
23 Those who've
gone wrong?
24 First book in the series “A Song of Ice and Fire,” familiarly
26 Contents of a
drug shipment
28 Totally clear
29 Off-target
remark?
30 Braced for impact 32 Typing meas.
33 Christ the Redeemer wore a facsimile of his jersey in 2023
35 Greeted someone
across the room 38 Doctrines
39 Sauron's realm 40 Computer acronym since the 1960s
41 Deep divide
42 Saint ___
44 Canine woe
46 Feel the pain
48 Fancy
50 Give a card, in a
way
51 “To ___ Coy Mistress” (Andrew Marvell poem)