NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Vivacious
7 White Russians, e.g.
15 “That just clicked”
16 Competitor on “MasterChef”
17 Can’t they all just git along?
18 High station
19 Lands resoundingly
20 Eponymous Milwaukee brewer Frederick
21 Cue word
22 Intend
23 Deep shade of blue
24 Something that many people share
25 Dodgers’ foes, for short
26 Film with the tagline “In space, no one can hear you clean”
27 Presented with a ticket
28 “Heard enough?”
31 Request to chat
32 Option for claustrophobic patients
36 Book it!
38 London dunderhead
41 ___ van Rossum, programmer who created the Python language
42 Lead-in to location
43 Ideal for home theaters, for short
44 Notably circular formations on Mars
45 Cup alternative
46 Ruckus
47 ___ table
48 Flowers that are a source of the antiinflammatory drug colchicine
49 Afghan region whose name means “black cave”
51 Gathering like Brick Fest Live, informally
52 Encouraging signs in the market
53 Cold weather outerwear
54 Longtime name in Top 40 radio
55 Stereotypical beatnik accessories
DOWN
1 Demerit
2 Onetime treat with chocolate creme and vanilla cookies
3 Cinderella’s calling card
4 Under cut?
5 Winemaking sediment
6 Thick envelope during admissions season, say
7 For a song
8 Pictures where people are headscarfed?
9 Off
10 “Take Me or Leave Me” musical
11 Off
12 “Death Be Not Proud,” for one
13 On tap
14 Oblique
20 Court order?
23 Practices photodynamic therapy on
24 Bearings
26 Older companion?
27 Philosophy
profession
29 Didn’t shrink
30 Pieces of punditry
33 Nothing to write home about
34 Mac, for example
35 “Zero stars”
37 Present for the approval of
38 Show stopper?
39 Not clean, in a way
40 Black heart?
44 Didgeridoo sound
45 Recipient of the inaugural Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
47 Many a ten-code user
48 Cup alternative
50 Azimuth, e.g.
51 Check