New York Times Crossword Puzzle

Across 1 Plushlike 5 Anjou relatives 10 “Love Train” singers, with “the” 15 Brit. decorations 19 Low men? 24 Peace Nobelist

Root 26 Without problems 27 Holiday

decoration 29 Where 56-Down

embarked 31 Stress reliever 32 Actress Téa 33 Iconic line shouted in “56Down” 35& 37 #1 song

from “56-Down” 39 Martini go-with? 40 Bit of chiding 41 Shiva’s wife 42 Cat genus 43 Italian holiday 45 Sinn ___ 47 Easter ___ 50 Forest specimens 52 “Be my guest” 56 Silence indicator 59 “Cool” amount 62 In ___ place 64 Rafael, to friends 66 Trims, say 68 Jefferson or

Madison 69 Rest on 71 High clouds 73 Mess of a mess 75 Auto-___ 76 Footstool 78 Georgia O’keeffe Museum site 80 Slowpokes’ fines 82 Filled, as an

office 83 Coup d’___ 84 Builder of a 2x2

vessel? 85 Blue Ribbon

maker 86 Hosp. scan 87 Winner of a

1970s-’80s war 90 Singer Jones 92 Literally, “my

Lord” 94 Amount before

overtime 96 Shake 100 Tried to win 102 Major

operation? 104 To this moment 106 Fads 108 Run together, in

a way 109 Tater 110 Toddlers’

coddlers 112 Third string 113 Once more:

Abbr. 114 It’s not basic 116 Dict. info 117 Tabula ___ 119 Yorkshire river 121 Flags 123 Clear ( of) 124 Triumphant

end? 125 “56-Down” costar 128 “56-Down” costar 132 “King Lear”

role 136 Pittance 138 Protection around the world? 139 Some buggy

drivers

When this puzzle is finished, 12 special squares, along with the shaded squares, will create an image of 56-Down. The 12 squares correspond-ing to the “reflection” of the special squares, when read clockwise from top left, will spell an alternative name for 56-Down.

141 Record-tying achievement for “56-Down” 149 Said yea or nay 150 Bank support? 151 Spirit 152 56-Down, e.g. 153 Pulitzerwinning critic Richard 154 It’s hard to get

across 155 Palm products 156 Flight data:

Abbr. 157 Some salads

Down 1 Look 2 Oil producer 3 Implement with a

spatulalike blade 4 Where dawn arises 5 Latvian, e. g. 6 Cry to a matador 7 Brake 8 They carry needles 9 Omelet holders 10 Aware of 11 Dear person? 12 Exist 13 Jabber 14 Stuffed ___ 15 Ski-___ 16 Muslim mystic 17 Slugger Mel 18 “Zip it!” 19 Autobahn sights 20 Pig in ___ 21 Orchestra grp. 22 Roman sun god 23 Like Beethoven’s

Second 25 Caspian feeder 27 “Top Gun” jets 28 Funnyman

Philips 29 Ban Ki-moon and

others: Abbr. 30 Insurance giant 34 Professor

Chomsky

ANSWERS ON PAGE 2

36 Widespread 38 Invention 43 Parts of yards 44 Small-runway

aircraft, briefly 45 Is alarmed 46 “It ___” (answer to “Who’s there?”) 48 Tennis’s Steffi 49 Bad slip 50 Stable supply 51 Nutritional stat 53 Saverin who cofounded Facebook 54 Shield bearer,

typically 55 Small flute 56 [ See blurb] 57 Frozen 58 Many a Wi-fi

hotspot 60 Cause of 56

Down’s demise 61 About a month,

for a fruit fly 63 Rotted 65 Bad blood 67 Devote 69 Supercilious one 70 Wild banana 72 Mark up, say 74 Conrad ___, early matinee idol 77 Chiwere speaker 79 Furthermore 81 Prof ’s helpers 82 Harden 87 Golfs, e. g.,

briefly 88 Emulate a frog 89 Unpleasant thing

to hit 91 Rival suitor ’s

expletive 92 “Shalom ___” (Hebrew greeting) 93 Martinique, e.g. 94 One with a

terrible opening 95 Oenologist’s

concern 97 How it’s done 98 Slanted column? 99 Interference

detector? 101 Voice of Carl in

Pixar ’s “Up” 103 Acts the

middleman 105 Dundee denial 107 Discovery

Channel subj. 110 Ginnie ___ 111 Mrs., abroad 113 “Gimme ___” 115 “In my view …” 118 Zero-emissions

vehicle 120 Athlete’s

pointer? 122 Scottish

hillsides 124 Cower 125 Didn’t go

straight 126 Polo competitor 127 Bottled mineral 128 Palais Garnier

star 129 “Kidnapped”

inits. 130 Suffix with luck 131 “Now you

speak” 133 Hoedown

attendee 134 Together, in

music 135 Cashier ’s cry 137 Late- night fliers 140 Word of

indifference 142 Suffix with alk143 Barracks V.I.P. 144 Setting for some

wrestling 145 “___ truly” ( abbreviated sign- off) 146 Biological chain 147 It appears

overnight 148 Grads-to-be:

Abbr.