The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across 1 Flummoxed 6 ___ law 10 Member of the mammalian order Chiroptera (“hand wing”) 13 Late show? 14 It’s raised by a wedge 15 Ecologist Leopold who advocated “thinking like a mountain” 16 Symbolic hand gesture in Hinduism 17 Like overcast skies, in England 18 N.Y.C. neighborhood west of the Bowery 19 “This is too painful to watch!” 21 Rod fitting in a hole 22 Number written as a simple cross in Chinese
23 Festival at the end of Ramadan, informally 24 Cash in Jordan 25 Tomfoolery, e.g.
26 That way 28 Late ___ 29 Means of making untraceable social media posts 32 Fragrant, buttery breakfast offering 33 Something a veteran won’t make
34 Link abbr. 35 When said three times, “Come on, you all”
36 “___ advice?” 37 Stocks 39 Likely 40 Word with baby or house 43 Prejudiced person 44 Using frozen grapes as ice cubes and
binder clips as cable organizers,
e.g.
47 “Gotcha” 48 Aristocratic type, in British slang 49 Disney’s “___
of Avalor” 50 “Meh”-inducing 51 Subject of a houseguest’s query 52 Small-time 53 Genderaffirming treatment, in brief
54 Type of
chalcedony 55 Broods
Down
1 Grudgingly
agree
2 “No hard
feelings?” 3 Kia Cadenza,
e.g.
4 Take home 5 Event that might include poetry, but not pros? 6 “This is a disaster!” 7 Subway fare? 8 Unassuming 9 Tricksy
10 Fly off the handle 11 Follower 12 You might throw a wrench into it
15 Like the author of “Beowulf,” in brief
20 Carl who pioneered modern taxonomy 21 “Hot Stuff” and “I’m Every Woman,” e.g.
24 Roll with many functions
25 James Brown genre 26 Afternoon hour in Québec 27 John equivalent 29 Cell authority, maybe 30 Courteney Cox was the only “Friends” star who never got one 31 Sommelier’s adjective
32 It goes door to door 33 Codswallop 38 Like some orders
39 Tack on 40 Segment made of lines 41 “Right!” 42 Prerevolutionary rulers 44 Tender ender 45 Dubious 46 Came down 48 Afternoon hour