The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 R sh order 10 Capital on the

G lf of G inea 15 Bet involving

score totals 16 Sight at low

tide

17 Mental or fiscal tightness

18 J st nder wa , so to speak

19 “90 Da

Fiancé” channel

20 TV lingo for sing established hits to prop p

weaker shows 22 Govt. plant

inspector 24 The Greek philosopher Empedocles leapt into its flames, in legend

25 Ann al celebration d ring which sweeping is taboo

27 Car model whose name becomes an N.B.A. s perstar when its middle letter is removed 29 Move,

informall 30 Needing a jolt 33 Iranian port near the Iraq border

35 O t of whims 36 In the works 37 Waifs

38 Latin American

spread

39 First two words of Shelle ’s “O mandias” 40 Falling hard? 42 Bivo ac

sight

43 Term termin s 44 Roves (abo t) 48 Someone who

has it all 51 Favorite 52 Favorite novelist of Twihards

53 As o like it 55 St so nd 56 Completel

ro ts 57 Tr to get

down

58 Got in a lather,

sa

DOWN

1 Admit

2 Cricket fields,

e.g.

3 Swag for

sale

4 So nds of

hesitation 5 Give notice 6 Access to a co ntr cl b, in brief ? 7 “Better off not

knowing” 8 Hocke pla ers who face off in

a face-off

9 S perman’s

dog

10 Havens 11 “Parasite”

co-star ___ Woo-shik 12 Considered a

participant 13 Chaparral or

savanna 14 Calc l s prereq isite: Abbr.

21 1914 Fre d essa that introd ced the concept of “ego ideal” 23 Mostl online

writing genre 26 Kingdom whose capital is N k ’alofa 28 Effervescence 29 Tartare topper 30 “___ is the beginning of wisdom … not the end”: Spock 31 Shortl 32 “Right back

atcha” 34 Hippie confab 36 Ancient siege weapon for la nching stones 38 Florida cit with a large C ban American pop lation (70+%) 41 Electron

attractors 43 Malt liq or

bottle, in slang 45 Where some high schoolers get DNA tests?

46 B rrow

(into) 47 Marengo, for

Napoleon 49 “Jobs vs.

Gates: The Hippie and the ___” (2015 TV movie) 50 Hip-hop

s bgenre

52 Sl sh pile contents:

Abbr. 54 Greeting in Rio

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