Crossword

ACROSS

1 Deliver a tirade

5 SDI target

9 Sound of hesitation

12 “No way!”

13 Chicken cordon ___

14 Actress Adams

15 “His Dark ___” (Fantasy TV series based on novels)

17 Texted laugh

18 Gruyere

20 Taj ___

22 Author/illustrator Silverstein

23 Kind of daisy

24 Acclaimed dramatic thriller “Mr. ___”

28 “___ My Children” (defunct soap opera)

29 Nigerian native

30 Twilight Saga heroine

33 Computer flub

35 “Frozen” (2013) snow-man

38 Things to crack

39 Like cows, deer and pandas

43 What a supermarket scanner scans, briefly

44 “The Social Network” (2010) star Jesse

47 Engine speed, for short

48 Astronaut’s insignia

49 “Star Wars” princess

50 Recipe amt.

51 Rice Krispies sound

52 Whirling water

DOWN

1 Spirit made from sugar cane

2 “Bingo!”

3 In just a few words

4 Much-memed “The Mandalorian” phrase “This is ___”

5 Wading bird

6 Social status 7 Burp

8 Dog team driver

9 “Veep” and “Arrested Development” star Tony

10 “The Expanse” character

11 Noah of “ER”

16 Rub the wrong way

19 “Xanadu” grp.

20 Biblical kingdom

21 Wheel shaft

25 Food for 36 Down

26 Symphony

member

27 Rocky peaks

31 High ball

32 Fantastical series “Ancient ___”

33 Nobel Prize subj.

34 Russian currency (var.)

36 Like “Sesame Street’s” Big Bird

37 Predator endemic to Madagascar

39 Hollywood star William

40 Former “House, M.D.” star Omar

41 Iconic Canadian law enforcement grp.

42 Cut the crop

45 Free (of)

46 Like Will in “Will & Grace”