NY Times Puzzle No. 0120

ACROSS

1 Gardener’s item that breaks down a lot

11 Any member of the order Chiroptera

14 Plant-based

protein brand

15 Mélange

16 “America’s Got

Talent” precursor

17 Top

18 Actress

Blanchett

19 Subject for a

museum curator

21 Photo finish?

22 “Goooooooool!,”

e.g.

23 Not now!

24 Points the finger

at

25 “Good goin’!”

28 Plans a getaway

for, perhaps 31 Beverage with an oxymoronic name

33 Stentorian

34 Something that may be hard to drink?

35 ___ bag

36 Lacking bells and

whistles

38 Like the smell of

burned rubber

39 Got ready

40 “It’s a secret”

41 Signature items

42 Sweet ___

43 Tried to take a

seat?

46 Dead-tree

edition

50 It’s on the house

51 Paul who was People’s 2021 Sexiest Man Alive

52 Bad drawing?

54 Brewery stock 55 “Frankly …” 56 “You got it” 57 Extra bits and

pieces

DOWN

1 Fortune 100 company whose name is the last two syllables of the city near where it was founded

2 Readily available

3 Exams for some

science majors

4 One might be cleansed with a strip

5 Rap pioneers,

slangily

6 Colors outside

the lines?

7 Visibly emotional

8 Line along the Embarcadero, in brief

9 Yearning

10 It’s not often seen on a diamond

11 Nonkosher

Wendy’s offering

12 Initialism for a pleasant tingling on the scalp or back of the neck

13 “___ say …”

15 View with disdain

20 Jazz trumpeter

Woody

22 Things that were once commonly stored in towers

24 “Well, maybe …”

25 Served as a

wingman

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26 Number of

Reyes Magos, in Spanish tradition

27 Legendary

creature

28 Montana

neighbor: Abbr.

29 Onetime source of toothbrush bristles

30 Greek who originated the expression “Leave no stone unturned”

31 Like some hair

32 Like the hair of 1-2% of the world’s population

34 Is made up

37 Bowed

38 “That’s it!”

40 Be steamed

42 More golden, say

43 More golden, say

44 Nautical

direction 46 Put your hands together, perhaps

47 “I ___!” (shout of

exultation)

48 See what’s in

store?

49 Buckwheat

noodle

50 ___ Marathon (annual mountain bike race that’s said to be “a volcanic challenge”)

45 Cousins of sirens 53