THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Reject someone, in a way

10 Reject

15 Mammal that jumps vertically when startled

16 Kind of seating

17 Sociopathic role for Alain Delon (1960), Matt Damon (1999) and John Malkovich (2002)

18 Went without

19 Faceplanted

20 Vegas hotel with a name from English legend

22 “Cheese and rice!”

23 1,000 baisa

24 Without having a second to lose?

25 Wee, informally

26 Present from the start

28 Iowa college

29 First Indochina War’s Battle of Dien ___ Phu

30 Ones taking a lode off?

31 Worry

32 Streak breaker, maybe

33 Puts down

36 Corrupt, in British slang

37 Car ad letters

40 Giovanni da Verrazano discovery of 1524

42 “Get a ___!”

43 Made like

44 Users’ resources

45 Stays out all night?

46 Like dollhouse furnishings

48 Keynote, e.g.

49 Former employer of Keith Olbermann

50 Number of bacteria living on a surface that has not been sterilized

52 ___ des Beaux-Arts

53 Bubbling over

54 Aglisten, in a way

55 60s sorts

DOWN

1 Hellish

2 Emailed, say

3 Dunk

4 All things being equal?

5 Cross-outs and others

6 Impudence

7 Linda ___, “Girl Reporter” series author

8 Bodybuilder’s pose, e.g.

9 Matchbox item

10 Satirist who said “If you were the only person left on the planet, I would have to attack you. That’s my job”

11 Trail mix ingredients

12 Hunting dog breed

13 Shaped like Cheerios

14 Keeps the beat?

21 High cost of leaving?

26 Sport similar to paintball

27 Essence

29 Seat in court 31 Having a ring of truth 32 Offer on Airbnb, say

33 Taken to the cleaners

34 “Ya got me?”

35 Note in a Yelp business listing

36 Entree often served with a moist towelette

37 Popular California winemaker

38 Boy Scout shelter

39 Is rankled by

41 Applied, as face paint

42 Stephen King’s first novel

45 Had the know-how

47 Slipped one by, in a way

51 Primary color in italiano