The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Cries
8 What something unexpected might do
13 “Just give it time” 14 ___ Manette, woman in “A Tale of Two Cities”
15 The Jonas Brothers, e.g. 16 Needle on a thread?
17 Female kangaroos 18 Swarm
19 Color similar to lilac
20 “Herb” … or a lead-in to herb 21 What some consume on a diet 22 Court figure, informally 23 Balanced, as some molecules 25 A mover … but not a shaker, one hopes
26 Practice squad?: Abbr.
27 Welcome
28 “You guys
STINK!,” e.g. 30 Interior secretary Haaland
31 Things going beyond your control?
35 Big name in construction equipment 36 Student enrolled in courses like Contracts and Civil Procedures 37 Wreck
38 Chap
39 Overextend
40 The U.N.’s smallest member 41 Pill bug or wood louse
43 Billy Joel’s “___ Always a Woman” 45 In, in the past 46 Water ___, mammal dubbed the “cheetah of the wetlands” for its speed and stealth
47 Bread with charred brown spots
48 Give (out)
49 Cameos might be seen on one 50 Things to settle 52 Give it a whirl! 53 Flotsam once in Boston Harbor 54 Nonstop
55 “A party? Count me in!”
DOWN
1 “Wanna tell me more?”
2 “History is a set of ___ agreed upon” (remark attributed to Napoleon)
3 Suffix with liquid 4 Get down
5 High winds? 6 LeAnn of country music
7 Small part of a watch 8 “Gosford Park” director, 2001
9 Like the homes of roughly one in six Americans
10 Hunger hyperbole 11 Jewelry gift for a 25th anniversary 12 Some fishermen 13 Butt of a joke? 15 Throw for six, informally
21 Secure
22 Word with door or dance
24 Steal
25 One of seven for Salome
28 “That’s what I just said!”
29 Good name for a last-minute planner?
30 Pest control brand once touted by Muhammad Ali 32 It’s between the shoulders 33 Hot rods popular in the ‘60s 34 Pre-algebra class calculations 38 Casual dining setting
39 Nearing
40 Person of integrity
42 World leader associated with the justicialism movement
43 State capital dubbed the “Cherry City” 44 Attacked
47 Terse denial 48 Active person 51 Michael of “Saturday Night Live”