NY Times Puzzle No. 1020
ACROSS
1 Stipulation that’s more common in a seller’s market
5 Centers of some
centers
10 Exchange
words, in a way
14 Stops along the
way, say
16 Lamenting
words
17 It clearly divides
people
18 Hat material for
the paranoid
19 Cry during an argument between siblings
20 OK, in Oaxaca
21 Like an adjustable drinking straw
22 Active ingredient
in Off!
23 Struck down 25 Occasions to read the Haggadah
28 Gift for guests
31 Setting for a battle in “Lawrence of Arabia”
32 Spilling a drink on someone or dancing on a host’s sofa
33 Banksy work
34 Slip
35 A.C. converter
36 Irreverent
Christmas tune
38 Big name in
pest control
39 Second half?
40 Worries over
small details
41 Cousin of a
wolverine
42 What red might
indicate 43 Spikes, for
example
45 Help
47 Preening sort
50 Particle
51 One with bright
and dark sides
53 Godawful
54 Sole supporters
55 ___ Zimmer, Oscar-winning composer for “Dune”
56 Sharon who starred in “The Trials of Rosie O’Neill”
57 Frontier direction during frontier times
DOWN
1 Distinction not used in the military
2 Eschewing help
3 Tabloid pair
4 Undertone of Cole Porter’s “Let’s Do It”
5 Makes the case
6 Vacancy sign
7 Bookbinding
leather
8 “My deepest
apologies”
9 Jerk
10 Adage for the
risk-averse
11 D.I.Y. booster
seats
12 In an
atmosphere of
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13 Have faith
15 Oh, the
humanities!
21 Some nudes
22 Testing grounds for aspiring politicians
24 Pithy remark
25 Central Asian
savory pastry
26 ___ rights
27 “Heck, yeah!”
28 Actress Greta of
“Camille”
29 ___ Cornish, former co-host of “All Things Considered”
30 Dales
32 Rocky road
ingredient?
37 Stingy sort?
40 Pretends
42 “Venus de Milo With Drawers” and “Lobster Telephone”
43 Sound from the
satisfied
44 Dance in a ring
46 Nasty
47 Awesome, in
modern slang
48 Backup plans
49 “Hey, you!”
51 Drive, with “on”
52 Misoneism, n.: Hatred of anything ___