The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Former British colony whose national flag includes the Union Jack

5 It might slowly

grow on you 10 Be hot and

bothered 14 Freshly

15 Like Venus visà-vis Serena Williams 16 Part of YOLO 17 Putdown to a

klutz, in dated slang

20 They’re open to

change

21 From which we get “Hakuna matata” 22 Politician’s

platform 23 Drags

24 The drinks are

on me! 27 Maximally

neat

29 Opera daughter

of Amonasro 30 Green sort 32 Shot

33 Selfish demand 34 Part of a cup 37 Sea that’s fed by the Jordan River

38 Big name in

sandals

39 One in a state

of disbelief 42 Bigwig in the

admissions dept.?

44 Like some

enemies 45 Devil-may-care 46 Member of

high society? 49 He wrote “All good things are wild and free”

52 “Let me be

frank …” 54 Writer who founded Objectivism 55 Striped cat 56 Author of the six-book poem “Fasti”

57 They move around in

orbits 58 Knocks dead 59 Like casting Michael Keaton in “Birdman” as an actor who used to play a superhero

DOWN

1 Unfading 2 Flying

3 What makes you question everything you know? Literally, “sulfur island”

5 See 25-Down 6 Eugene O’Neill’s “Desire Under the ___”

7 Big scene 8 Races,

in a way 9 Acted sketchy? 10 Shelter from

attack

11 As opposed to 12 Runs up and

down?

13 Like policies prohibited by Title IX 18 Leave stunned,

in a way

19 Go for a bite,

say

24 Be up

25 With 5-Down, Nobel Prizewinning pioneer in atomic theory 26 Ill-suited 4 27 Dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter 28 Dawn

31 Jazz great

Evans 33 Central part of

town: Abbr. 34 It’s not your

fault

35 “Oh, just

stop!” 36 Something to

shoot for 37 Kicking and screaming, often 38 Russian

___ (iconic restaurant near New York’s Central Park) 39 Have

a target 40 Involving a

give-and-take 41 Scorcher 43 Projecting

front

47 Many fire dept. members, by training 48 Mideast

capital

49 Big purveyor of frozen desserts 50 Cries for

attention 51 Certification

letters

53 L.A. and N.Y.C. are each represented in it twice