The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 “No, thanks”

6 Rapper’s release 10 Activity that might elicit

stares, for short 13 Singer/ actress Janelle 14 Theater option

15 Couleur du chocolat 16 “___ Ever” ( Elvis

song from “G. I. Blues”) 17 Yamaha purchase 19 Hazmat regulator

20 USA competitor 21 Construction piece that describes what happens when you compliment me? 22 Kashyyyk denizen, in sci- fi 24 Contents of some sleeves 26 Olympic runner?

27 Up and a little to

the left, for short

28 One who might be diagnosed with a polysomnogram 31 Cellist with a Presidential Medal of Freedom

32 Like some legal

judgments

33 Singer seen annually on David Letterman’s Christmas show

34 “Say no more —

I’m on it”

35 “___ Mañanitas” ( traditional Mexican birthday song)

38 GPS suggestion: Abbr. 39 Walletful

40 Aid in breaking down

doors

42 Go down, so to speak 44 ___ South, div. of the

55- Acrosses

45 Pixy ___

46 # 2 image among

smartphone users?

49 Not straight up 50 “That’s my cue!” 51 Taqueria order, informally 52 ___ Park, Calif.

53 “C’mon, man,”

in a syllable

54 Wetlands feature

55 See 44- Across

DOWN

1 “Count me in”

2 One of the nine weapons in 2008’ s expanded version of Clue

3 “That, in spades!”

4 See 8- Down

5 Lead- in to cow,

horse or dog

6 Footwear with a tree logo 7 Who said “The Lord will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem” 8 With 4- Down, someone who might repossess your car when you go bankrupt?

9 Prefix with thermic

10 Like some vestments 11 1980s presidential

candidate

12 Weak

15 So- so bond rating

18 Conquers

20 English breakfast,

for example

23 “Ninotchka” actress, 1939 24 Mayoralty, e. g.

25 Close ... but not

that close

29 Unseeded?

30 Trim

31 French homophone

of 30- Down

32 Stand- up comedian with the 2005 double- platinum album “Retaliation” 33 Companies known

for their net profit

34 “Enough already!” 35 Many a Univision

viewer, in modern usage 36 Armpit

37 Poet with the 1967 Pulitzer Prize- winning volume “Live or Die” 41 Big name in parfum 43 Original airer of

“Everybody Hates Chris” 44 Cracked

47 ___ Resorts International 48 “Je pense que ___”

(“I think so”: Fr.)

49 Tsp. or tbsp.