The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 High branch,

for short 7 “Don’t make

me laugh!” 13 Library of Alexandria collection

14 It reaches Washington heights

15 First name in

flight

16 Boxer whose full name is made up of only three different letters

17 Pea piercers 18 Endangered wetlands reptile of the northeastern U.S.

19 Name in a noted ’90s breakup

20 Back up 21 Bagel

variety

22 Pull (out) 23 Sterling Cooper ___ Pryce (“Mad Men” ad agency) 25 Pig tail? 26 Break down for closer analysis, as data 30 Iconic iPhone addition of 2011

33 Ones exploited in a capitalist system, per Marx 35 Corvine cry 38 First international rock band to play in Cuba (2016), with “the” 39 Raider’s grp. 40 Hardly klutzy 43 Christine ___ Whitman, first female governor of New Jersey 44 Victorian

greeting 45 Dead tree

edition

47 Hat tips 48 “Anyhoo ...” 49 Shout from a teen’s bedroom 50 Petty tyrants 51 Green party? 52 Diamonds used

in fashion 53 Places of

rest

Down

1 Whirlpools 2 Sleeveless

undergarment 3 Family time at

the pool 4 President when Texas was admitted to the Union 5 “Exodus”

novelist 6 “Cheap Thrills” pop star 7 Dressage

criterion 8 Grease

9 Snafu

10 Having

a gap 11 “Whoa, ___!” 12 Position 14 Inductee into the National Toy Hall of Fame five years after his sister 16 They go around

in circles 18 High-flying

picnic game 20 “___ Wife,” Pulitzer Prizewinning George Kelly play

23 Already: Fr. 24 Like corduroy 27 Yoga pose done on hands and knees

28 Acts loveydovey

29 Lent feature 31 Topping brand with multiple misspellings in its name 32 Proposed legislation often debated alongside the DACA program 34 Goes

along 35 Literally,

“heads” 36 Moroccan resort city on the Atlantic 37 Clearing

41 Like herons

and flamingos 42 Documentarian

Morris 44 Unexpected windfall, figuratively 46 Give up 47 Insensitive

sort

49 Major vitamin retailer