THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Dream acquisitions for huge fans 10 Central Honshu volcano 15 Words from the weary 16 Student with the motto “Fiat Lux,” informally 17 Tongue with six phonetic tones 18 3-Down minus one 19 Wine and dine, say 20 Roger of NBC News 21 Reef swimmers with no gills 22 Midway attentiongetter 23 Laugh, in Lyon 24 Ball go-with? 25 Lightweight boxing option 29 Spread from the center 31 Breaking specialists 32 Jon ___, 2006-14 Red Sox pitcher 33 Like dromedaries and carob trees 35 Like some geese and turkeys 36 “The Last Tycoon” was the last film he directed 37 Baby step? 39 It has some bad strains 40 Like silent partners 46 ___-arms 47 Power nap wear 48 Hormuz habitant 49 Those who have given legacies 50 Jack of “Twin Peaks” 51 Like some questions 52 Longtime maker of model rockets 53 Stimulating shots

Down

1 Subjects of many New Year’s resolutions 2 Like folderol 3 18-Across plus one 4 ___ Tavern, Manhattan pub that’s over 150 years old 5 Opposite of uglify 6 Home of the West Coast’s Empire College 7 Beat the security system, say 8 Like addition vis-à-vis division 9 Private eye in dozens of novels 10 They’re often escorted by police 11 Movie plotter 12 Stand-in 13 Like satay and sauerbraten 14 One doing a dissection 25 Vulture lookalikes of the falcon family 26 It raids and enslaves other colony members 27 Fix some ledger errors in 28 Some holy alliances? 30 Smooth and white 31 Offer of self-sacrifice 34 Lepore of women’s fashion 35 Studies hard 38 Flirty types 41 Vex 42 Byes at Wimbledon 43 What a heathen might collect 44 It’s left in a manuscript 45 Business end?