The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Cheap trick,

perhaps

9 Apply pressure

to

15 “Stupid me!” 16 Recherché 17 Food, water, a place to live, etc. 19 Decreases? 20 Who wrote “The poetry of earth is never dead” 21 Drawing

method

22 “___ I do!” (informal

assent) 23 Rivals of the 1980s “Showtime” Lakers, to fans 24 Part of a pool 25 Regulation followers, for short

26 Cuts (down) 27 “Wassup, my

dude” 28 Intended 29 Winter slopes

activity

30 One born in the wrong generation, maybe 33 Expands 34 Works with 17

units

35 Like speeders,

often 36 Features of

some glasses 37 Wade in the Baseball Hall of Fame 38 Manhattan campus around Washington Sq. Park 41 Where to set

une couronne 42 Name spelled with six dashes and six

dots 43 Air

44 Where Wonder

Woman first worked: Abbr. 45 Words of

agreement 46 “Gotcha” 47 Soak up the

sun, say

What I might

be in a lab? Multiheaded dog guarding the gates of the underworld, in myth

Features of

some accents James

Baldwin, e.g. 50 51 52 53

DOWN

1 What an aphrodisiac boosts 2 Eastern

lodging

3 North Atlantic

island group 4 Tweak 5 Sweeties 6 Modern “art” 7 Young male

chicken 8 Prepared to propose, perhaps

9 Holds up 10 Greek counterpart of Discordia 11 See 18-Down 12 “Perfect!” 13 Dealing directly

(with) 14 They’re saved

for a rainy day 18 High school alternatives to the 11-Down 23 After Kipling, the youngestever Literature Nobelist

(1957, 44 years)

By Daniel Sheremeta

24 Turn 26 Reverential 27 Historically Germanic observances 28 Offer to

help

29 Shade 30 “You’re such a

tease!”

31 It ends after midnight in New York, with “The” 32 Pepsi Max,

e.g.

33 Spots for archaeologists 35 As an

exception 37 Word with shop, shot or shape 38 Sushi

variety 39 2013 #1 album from Kanye West

40 Civil

disturbance 42 Biblical figure with a large staff

43 Walk in a

leisurely way 45 Track, say 46 “___: Duets” (2007 country album) 48 Main component of britannium 49 Invoice info:

Abbr.