Antelope Valley Press

NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

- Edited by Will Shortz PUZZLE BY SAM EZERSKY

ACROSS

1 Schooner feature 5 Shock treatment,

for short

10 Subject of the 2011 Jon Roberts memoir “American Desperado,” with “the” 13 Tongue-in-cheek 14 “So sad ...” 15 Stamp collector’s

purchase 16 Impetus behind a

prank, maybe 17 One going the

distance? 19 Refuse to talk 21 A ton of bricks? 22 Source of heartshape­d leaves 23 Like water at the shallow end of a pool

25 Name on a vintage red, white and blue cap

27 Weighs (down) 28 Lead-in to a

crazy idea

29 Part of an old

circus act

32 Realm of the

Valkyries

33 2007 film with the tagline “The last man on earth is not alone” 34 Competitor of Dick’s

Sporting Goods 37 Be a rat

39 Dish rack

accessorie­s

41 Eel order at a

sushi bar

44 “Land sakes

alive!” 45 Severely selfdiscip­lined sort 46 Appear

47 Men’s grooming

items

50 “Sir” might be found at the start of it 51 Colleen 52 Investor’s “No deal” 53 Mario who wrote

“The Godfather” 54 5-Across

administra­tor 55 Makeover result,

maybe

56 Go on and on

bitterly

DOWN

1 Eccentrics

2 Victim of a 20th-century environmen­tal tragedy

3 Small but full

of fight

4 Some bars returned to again and again? 5 Conducive to

mold, maybe

6 Org. establishe­d partly in response to Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring” 7 The “Tannen” of

Tannenbaum

8 One might consist of a primo, secondo and digestivo

9 Data base? 10 Quarters that could be worth a lot

11 Brownie mix

add-in, often 12 Playoff positions 15 Muckety-muck 18 Fig. on a driver’s

license

20 Sleep aid brand 23 Prognosis that a problem has only just begun 24 Sunburn-soothing

substance 26 Lead-in to P or C

on a PC

30 Peer of Ibsen 31 Where the Ring is destroyed in “The Lord of the Rings” 32 Constant

reminders? 33 Recovering orthopedic­ally, maybe

34 Get back together 35 Write à la Thomas Gray or John Donne

36 “Ahhh”

37 Fit to be tried 38 Line at a clothing

store

40 Gives birth to,

as puppies

42 “___ be nice if ...” 43 Toxic protein prepared on “Breaking Bad” 46 El de aquí

48 Run, like a Deere? 49 Homie

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