NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Shaken thumb, in American Sign Language
4 The “dark” in a Dark and Stormy, perhaps 15 Schwarzbrot or Vollkornbrot loaf 16 Post-match report 17 Onomatopoeic cry 18 How a security guard might say goodbye?
19 Puts away 21 Subjects of some relative clauses?
22 ___ Geo 23 Reduplicative girl’s name 24 Mascot of the WNBA’s Mystics, e.g.
25 Most actors don’t hold real ones, informally 26 Do loops? 28 Language from which “Saskatchewan” comes
29 Part of an announcer’s home run call 30 Exhibit a male gaze, perhaps 32 Word with big or goat
33 Light on packaging 37 Biblical verb with “thou” 39 League leader, informally 40 EU alliance
42 Setting for a plastered cast?
44 Start of some juice portmanteaus 45 Makeup experts? 46 Bender
47 Tom’s partner 48 Opposite of calm
49 Manila Pact grp. 50 “I can confirm” 53 Device sold with a remote 54 Patchwork? 55 What’s more 56 Barrier to entry 57 “May I help you?”
DOWN
1 À la mode 2 Sticking points for vampires 3 2000s rock singer with the hit albums “Hell-On” and “Middle Cyclone” 4 The tunes “The Blarney Pilgrim” and “The Lark in the Morning,” e.g. 5 “Te ___” 6 Dairy farm product
7 Not miss 8 Unhelpful follower of “because” 9 Yoga pose similar to Upward-Facing Dog 10 Nigerian novelist Tutuola
11 Alt’s opposite 12 Name that’s the title of a 1964 4 Seasons hit 13 Disbar? 14 Some sporting events 20 Placed tightly 24 Philatelist’s collection
25 Other hand 27 Yanks’ rivals 28 Really hit one’s stride? 31 Messy food servings
34 “Go ahead, ask” 35 Rarest naturally occurring element in the earth’s crust 36 Energy regulators in the body 38 Like stars in one’s eyes 39 Old-fashioned attire for a motorist 40 Opera heroine who slays a witch 41 Holy places 43 Good news for the office staff 44 Japanese city on Tokyo Bay 45 What loafers lack
48 Salon job 49 Topic in education policy 51 Sarcastic syllable 52 Mixed-___