The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Regardi g 6 Take back, i a

way

10 Start of a

aside

14 Omega

competitor 15 Somethi g hitti g a

erve? 16 Papyrus, e.g. 17 “Take me with

you!”

18 Begi flirti g with someo e, so to speak 20 Assig

21 Hoth, i “Star

Wars”

22 ___ rule 23 They do ’t hold

water

24 Feudal figure 26 Pa egyric, e.g. 27 Sci-fi e emy collective, perhaps

31 O es bor begi i g i the early 2010s

37 They might cut

to the chase 38 Electrically bala ced, i chemistry 42 Leaders at the

Kaaba

43 “Thi gs are goi g great for me!”

46 Muscle worked i rowi g exercises, for short 47 Portma teau coi age for the u educated a d u cultured 48 Touches, e.g. 51 Special paw

move i chess 52 Ma y a

Madrileño

53 E emy of Wo der

Woma

54 Best Picture

omi ated 2011 film based o a childre ’s book 55 Certai

Caribbea , i formally 56 Self-___ 57 What might help you get out of a rough

spot?

58 Is just awful

DOWN

1 Home to 41Dow

2 Co vi ce

3 “I wa a k ow

all the details” 4 Start of a moder i quiry

5 Dri k similar

to sarsaparilla 6 Co-star of 1984’s “Ghostbusters” 7 Right o

8 Aces with

aces?

9 Like some

households 10 Desig er with a epo ymous hotel i the Burj Khalifa 11 Curre cy u its

i West Africa 12 Grievous 13 “Golde Boy”

playwright 19 Actress

Shawkat of “Arrested Developme t” 24 Assig me t

for a a chor 25 “___ oticed …” 28 Great Hi du

sage 29 Late-Triassic

flier

30 It ca be fou d right o a clock 32 “100 Years … 100 Stars” a d others, i brief

33 The world’s largest desert capital, after Cairo, Egypt

34 Like a relatio ship with a ex, maybe 35 Uttera ce while chewi g o a pe cil 36 O e ofte se t

packi g? 38 Deity that becomes a give

ame whe its fifth letter is moved to the fro t 39 Beat

40 Looki g to

steal, say 41 So-called

“La d of a Millio

Elepha ts” 43 Buildi g

support 44 Words ot everyo e u dersta ds 45 I timate

49 Hit o the head, i sla g

50 I dia ho orifics

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