The New York Times Crossword

No. 0408

ACROSS

1 Knocks for a

loop

6 Source of masago, in Japanese cuisine

11 Soft drink that originally contained the mood-stabilizing drug lithium citrate

13 General senses

15 Men on a mission

17 Wipes out

18 “Relax, I’m

almost finished”

20 Collaborative

work

21 ___ Brothers, winners of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014

22 One picking out something for a cart, maybe 24 Number in

brackets

25 Some tailgate

party accessories

26 They have bags under their eyes, for short

27 Cultural draws for New York and Los Angeles

28 Appeal

29 Top gear?

30 Astronomer’s

calculation

32 ___-green

35 Hosts of the 1988 and 2010 Winter Olympics

36 Leave to others?

37 Things from Mars available for purchase

38 Followers

39 Gets off the fence, so to speak 40 A promising

talent

42 They’re always launching new projects

44 2019 charttopper for Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello

45 Campus

protection

46 Lifts

47 Emma Thompson and Anna Wintour, for two

48 Name that spells something nice to have backward

DOWN

1 Boots, so to

speak

2 “Anne of Green

Gables” setting

3 Like some

citrus fruit

4 Unit of logs

5 Longtime character revealed to be gay in 2016’s “Star Trek Beyond”

6 Supporting elements in a story? 7 Sorry start? 8 Coils 9 Money that goes to a casino

10 Rides for rug

rats

11 Dominatrix,

perhaps 12 Consumer of cod, but not cow

14 Tizzy

16 Metaphor for one’s personal perspective

19 Rigidly conform

23 Game that’s

hard to follow

25 They help keep

food fresh

27 Ease

28 Dirty film 30 Rock band named after its founding guitarist

31 Amounts at a

deli

32 Conventional

respects

33 Figure in Greek tragedy who says “I ask this one thing: Let me go mad in my own way”

34 Pack leaders 35 Like some data

plans

36 Docking points

37 Go for

38 Ripped, in

slang

41 Words after

step or sleep

43 “I will find you twenty lascivious turtles ___ one chaste man”: Shak.