The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Puzzling start? 7 Like some rum 13 Where catalysts produce reactions, informally 15 “Sounds good,

but … huh-uh” 16 Root vegetable with stringy stalks

18 Offset

19 B preceder 20 Painter’s

protectors 22 Blogroll

assortment 24 Pretense

25 Roll

26 Show of authority, metaphorically 27 Apple ___ 28 After

beginning? 29 Like Gen-Z fans of classic rock, seemingly 33 Things often

controlled with remotes 34 Guaranteed

success

35 The Rolling Stones’ “___ a Rainbow” 36 Ride, in a way 37 Some sneaks 41 Quaint

confirmation 42 Scientist for whom a part of the brain is named 44 Skimpy

45 With sauce 48 Swenson of

“Benson” 49 Fresh

start

50 Gets a late

start?

52 “Get out of

here!” 53 Birthplace of the Black Panther Party 54 Bad things for a lecturer to hear 55 “There’s no wrong way to eat a

___” (classic tagline)

DOWN Buttonhole Parisian

sweets?

3 Get it

4 Parts of many breakfast buffets

5 Pick for pics, in

brief 6 Hypothesized 7 Harmonizes 8 Key partner? 9 “I, ___,” Shakespeareinspired novel written from the villain’s perspective 10 Some customer service agents nowadays 11 Gush

12 “___ matter” 14 Rudely

interrupting 17 Offsets

1 2

By Blake Slonecker

21 Common condiment with fajitas 23 Support against collapse, with “up” 28 Something past or present 30 W.W. II Dambusters grp.

31 “That’s a good

one!” 32 Butcher shop

choices 33 Question asked by a surprise caller 34 Try to persuade

through lies 35 Smarts 38 Home of the continental United States’ geographic center

39 Road runner? 40 Foul ball’s

place, maybe 42 Finger

43 Día de los

___ (Spanish holiday) 46 What someone with anosmia cannot detect 47 Vintage, e.g. 51 Just get (by)