CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Across

1 Closing pieces 7 Trademarked sandwich

12 Long, thin fish also called a grenadier 14 Worth giving up on 16 Fla-Vor-Ice rival 18 Settle early

19 Hot items at a bakery 20 “Mario Party” dinosaur

22 Slip-__

23 “Duérmete __”: Spanish lullaby

24 Cut

25 Destiny’s Child, e.g. 26 Melancholy

27 One making a bundle on a farm

28 “__ Morgen!”

29 Adds

31 Easy to swallow 32 High tied activity? 33 Charlie and Lola 34 Passionate

35 “The Magicians” novelist Grossman

38 “Ars Amatoria” poet 39 Fools

40 Dove home

41 __ drop

42 Speaks in Spanish 43 Temaki or futomaki 44 Becky Sauerbrunn’s sport

46 Gossamer 48 Far-reaching

49 Fish in stargazy pie 50 Place to share stories, for short

51 Had

Down

1 Sings a lullaby, say 2 Baltic state with a maroon and white flag

3 Go

4 Legal brief writer? 5 Links data

6 Bit of a draft?

7 Letters for a research scientist

8 Bush who is part of “The Squad” in Congress 9 Ingredient that makes she-crab soup orange 10 Brought in

11 Skullcaps

13 Program that rewards super users

15 Maker of the Corrale straightener

17 Popular item

21 Blog with “The Food Lab” columns written by J. Kenji López-Alt 24 Historic Vegas hotel 25 Private pupil

27 Series starring Emily Deschanel as a forensic anthropologist

28 Daring

29 Like some 31-Down attendees

30 St. __: Caribbean island

31 Event where folks may be super dressed up? 32 Filling dish?

33 Chinese take-out order?

35 Finally crack 36 Colorless gas

37 “The __ Virgin”: Strazza statue in Newfoundland

39 Youngest girl in the Shazam Family 40 Poutine topper 42 Qualifying race 43 “Buona __!” 45 Paramount+ network 47 Feature of some uniforms