The New York Times
ACROSS
1 McTwist, for one
16 Arraignment, e.g.
17 Designation on
old U.S. maps
18 Jimmy of “NYPD
Blue”
19 Blind things
20 Love, by another
name
21 Stuff
22 “The merciful man ___ good to his own soul”: Proverbs
23 Yield
24 What might be
found in a bed
25 Lout
26 Final Fantasy
figures
27 Weather
29 Wasted states
31 N.L. West team
32 Equal at the start?
33 Sporting event that started as a religious ritual
37 Whirred
processor?
41 Neural
transmitters
42 Slaves away, oldstyle
44 Dutch city with a palindromic name BBQ specialty Sounds of success
45 46
47 Paul who founded a pet food company
48 Fruit punch
49 Queen’s “We Will Rock You,” originally
50 “Great” pope who negotiated with Attila the Hun
51 Certain drink
mixer
54 Like the writing of Chinua Achebe and Mahatma Gandhi
55 Bone breakers,
perhaps
DOWN
1 Kick starter?
2 Decluttering method featured on Netflix
3 Like some classes
4 Banal
5 GPS guesses
6 Deodorant brand
7 Declines to
participate
8 Small simian … that’s one letter away from a small computer program
9 Upgrades or
downgrades
10 “Star Wars” title
11 Races that require a swimsuit and bike, for short 12 Teller, perhaps
13 All at once
14 Classic song with the lyric “Girl, you made me love you / And now, now, now your lovin’ man has gone”
15 Like some ignition
systems
22 Merlin was one,
some say
23 Rooster for
roasting
25 First name of Russia’s leader, 1991-99, and of Britain’s leader, 2019-22
26 Calliope and Urania, among others
28 Makes
30 Bill collectors 33 Simón Bolívar’s
birthplace
34 Rust producer
35 Father of William
the Conqueror
36 Queen of Naboo,
in “Star Wars”
37 National park in
southwest Texas
38 Given a hand
39 Reagan attorney
general
40 Most hotels in Las
Vegas
43 What a pickup
might pick up?
46 Cretaceous
critters
47 Author Calvino
49 Sole mate?
50 Beat the buzzer?
52 Pen name
53 Trash-talk