NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Vivacious

7 White Russians,

e.g.

15 “That just

clicked” 16 Competitor on

“MasterChef” 17 Can’t they all just

git along?

18 High station 19 Lands

resoundingly 20 Eponymous Milwaukee brewer Frederick 21 Cue word 22 Intend

23 Deep shade of

blue 24 Something that many people share 25 Dodgers’ foes,

for short

26 Film with the tagline “In space, no one can hear you clean” 27 Presented with a

ticket

28 “Heard

enough?” 31 Request to chat 32 Option for claustrophobic patients

36 Book it! 38 London

dunderhead 41 ___ van Rossum, programmer who created the Python language 42 Lead-in to

location

43 Ideal for home theaters, for short

44 Notably circular formations on Mars

45 Cup alternative 46 Ruckus

47 ___ table 48 Flowers that are a source of the antiinflammatory drug colchicine 49 Afghan region whose name means “black cave” 51 Gathering like Brick Fest Live, informally 52 Encouraging signs in the market

53 Cold weather

outerwear 54 Longtime name

in Top 40 radio 55 Stereotypical beatnik accessories

DOWN

1 Demerit 2 Onetime treat with chocolate creme and vanilla cookies 3 Cinderella’s

calling card 4 Under cut? 5 Winemaking

sediment 6 Thick envelope during admissions season, say 7 For a song

8 Pictures where people are headscarfed? 9 Off

10 “Take Me or Leave Me” musical

11 Off

12 “Death Be Not

Proud,” for one 13 On tap 14 Oblique 20 Court order? 23 Practices photodynamic therapy on 24 Bearings 26 Older

companion? 27 Philosophy

profession 29 Didn’t shrink 30 Pieces of

punditry 33 Nothing to write

home about 34 Mac, for

example 35 “Zero stars” 37 Present for the

approval of 38 Show stopper? 39 Not clean, in a

way

40 Black heart? 44 Didgeridoo

sound 45 Recipient of the inaugural Mark Twain Prize for American Humor 47 Many a ten-code

user

48 Cup alternative 50 Azimuth, e.g. 51 Check