The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Cheap trick, perhaps

9 Apply pressure to 15 “Stupid me!” 16 Recherché

17 Food, water, a place to live, etc. 19 Decreases?

20 Who wrote “The poetry of earth is never dead” 21 Drawing method 22 “___ I do!” (informal assent) 23 Rivals of the

1980s “Showtime” Lakers, to fans 24 Part of a pool 25 Regulation followers, for short

26 Cuts (down) 27 “Wassup, my dude”

28 Intended

29 Winter slopes activity

30 One born in the wrong generation, maybe

33 Expands

34 Works with 17 units

35 Like speeders, often

36 Features of some glasses

37 Wade in the Baseball Hall of Fame

38 Manhattan campus around Washington Sq. Park

41 Where to set une couronne

42 Name spelled with six dashes and six dots

43 Air

44 Where Wonder Woman first worked: Abbr. 45 Words of agreement 46 “Gotcha”

47 Soak up the sun, say

50 What I might be in a lab? 51 Multiheaded dog guarding the gates of the underworld, in myth

52 Features of some accents

53 James Baldwin, e.g.

DOWN

1 What an aphrodisiac boosts

2 Eastern lodging 3 North Atlantic island group 4 Tweak

5 Sweeties 6 Modern “art” 7 Young male chicken

8 Prepared to propose, perhaps 9 Holds up

10 Greek counterpart of Discordia

11 See 18-Down 12 “Perfect!”

13 Dealing directly (with)

14 They’re saved for a rainy day

18 High school alternatives to the 11-Down

23 After Kipling, the youngestever Literature Nobelist (1957, 44 years)

24 Turn

26 Reverential 27 Historically Germanic observances

28 Offer to help 29 Shade

30 “You’re such a tease!”

31 It ends after midnight in New York, with “The” 32 Pepsi Max, e.g. 33 Spots for archaeologists 35 As an exception 37 Word with shop, shot or shape 38 Sushi variety

39 2013 #1 album from Kanye West 40 Civil disturbance 42 Biblical figure with a large staff 43 Walk in a leisurely way

45 Track, say

46 “___: Duets” (2007 country album)

48 Main component of britannium 49 Invoice info: Abbr.