The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Boston and Chicago, but not Seattle 10 Diddly-squat 14 Inuit’s transport 15 Oscar nominee for “Fiddler on the Roof” 16 Recommended 17 Photoshop

effect 18 Bright lights 19 What naturals

have 21 With 24-Across, witchcraft, e.g. 22 Up 23 Sea-___ 24 See 21-Across 25 Ring of

islands? 26 Barely clear, in

a way 29 Expert 32 Like Fortunato, in Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” 33 “The Cask of Amontillado,” e.g. 34 Ease 35 Predators in the “Predator” films, for short 36 Some I.R.A.’s 39 “Be on the lookout” signal, in brief 40 ___ country

(rustic locale) 43 Gallows ___ 44 Anthrax

cousin 47 Prey for a

dingo 48 Helpful 49 Get ready to

click, maybe 51 Ora pro ___ 52 Having human form 53 ___ chic 54 Didn’t kill each

other

Down

1 Where primatologist Dian Fossey worked 2 “We’re in

trouble now!” 3 Gambol 4 TV colonel 5 20th-century

first lady 6 Grp. with suits

and cases 7 Easy decision 8 Start of an

Eastern title 9 Fusses 10 Book after

Hosea 11 Desire 12 Introduction

to English? 13 Social

gathering 15 Grp. with a lot of baggage 20 British kitchen accessory 22 Like the words “hoagie” and “kitty-corner” 25 Actor with the line “Rick! Rick, help me!” 27 Small dams 28 “___, like lightning, seeks the highest places”: Livy 29 Base men? 30 Some E.R.

cases 31 Topping for

skewered meat 32 Idiot box 33 Desire 34 The son on “Sanford and Son” 36 Adam’s apple

coverer 37 X 38 Blackened 41 Parrot 42 Prefix with

-graphic 43 Betty Boop and Bugs Bunny 45 “The way

things are …” 46 Tous ___ jours

(daily: Fr.) 47 Actress Russell of “Felicity” 50 Adolphe with an instrument named after him