THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Organ appendages 7 Holds tight 14 Some creepy crawlers 15 Opening words from a TV news reporter 16 Seek, with “to” 17 Makes negotiating difficult, in a way 18 It can be round or cubed 19 Job for base pay? 20 Prepares a course for 21 One in la famille 22 Chuang ___, Chinese philosopher 23 Animal ordered to “be angry, and dispatch,” in Shakespeare 24 Loudspeaker’s sound 25 German region known for viticulture 27 Items of jewelry 29 Ghastly 30 Mix 31 Spoiled 35 Rec room attire 36 Finish line? 37 Weighed down 40 Not making sense 41 Part of speech?: Abbr. 42 What unsettled people do? 43 Believer’s trait 44 Kind of index 45 Words said in disbelief 48 In a way, informally 49 Way out of a dangerous situation 50 Where singles congregate in a bar? 51 Targets of fact- finding missions? 52 Nissan’s first hybrid vehicle 53 Shows signs of instability 54 Item in an actor’s portfolio DOWN 1 It’s hung on the wall of a sports bar 2 Home to 11/

2 billion people 3 Product whose name lost its period in the 1950s 4 Some sneakers 5 Caper 6 Match, as a contribution? 7 Encrypted, perhaps 8 Broadway musical of 1919 and 1973 9 Give a whirl 10 ___ burn 11 Some revolutions 12 Somewhat hostile 13 1985 Pulitzer winner for “The Good War” 15 Linemen 19 Inferior, as some wines 21 Top-___ 24 Not be fast 25 Title woman in a 1975 # 1 hit 26 Pull from the ground, quickly? 28 Name 29 Lightheaded 31 Womanizers 32 Barkless dogs 33 “Doubt” co- star, 2008 34 Emission in a cloud chamber 36 Receives

37 Diet, maybe 38 Some time 39 “Oh my stars!” 40 High- school class

43 Entertainment giant with a 1995 I. P. O. 44 Savvy about

46 Milk source 47 Means of inheritance

48 Block passage of

50 Make it?