The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Article of attire akin to a
tarboosh
4 Facetious response to “How’d
you know that?”
7 One might be forever
12 Union deserters
14 Choice for those eager to
retire and travel?
16 ___ Plus (brand with a
“Lubrastrip”) 17 Brownish-orange shade
18 Big brass
20 Reliable
21 Baglike structure 22 Spacewalk, e.g., in NASA
shorthand
23 Insect repellent ingredient 24 Twitter : retweet ::
Facebook : ___
26 Email notification, maybe 27 Go (for)
30 Hot dogs do this
31 Bar exam?
33 Early trans-Atlantic voyager 34 Creature in Liberty Mutual
ads
35 Build
36 Small bit of floor décor 38 Material harvested for its
hydrophobic properties 39 Basic cleaner
40 Actor who voiced the title character in 2018’s “Sherlock Gnomes”
41 Like some toothpastes 42 Choice for a cinematographer 43 Swab
44 Exec with a noted mansion 46 “The weapon of the powerless against the powerful,” according to Molly Ivins 49 “100% happening!”
51 State in which you might get a tax deduction
53 One with briefs, briefly 54 Defcon 1 mentality
55 Lisa with the 1994 hit “Stay” 56 Fuji, e.g.
57 ___ Lovett of “Sweeney Todd” 58 Snoop
DOWN
1 Achievements
2 Really, really hot
3 “100% not happening!” 4 First name on the Supreme
Court
5 Desertlike
6 /, maybe
7 Something you can’t get in a
restaurant
8 Food for a grizzly bear 9 Doesn’t hesitate
10 Apt name for a yoga
instructor?
11 Talk up?
13 Uncle ___
14 Hot spot
15 George Washington signed America’s first one in 1790 19 TV roommates for 50+ years 23 Fix, as in beta
25 Penny-___
26 Recapitulate
27 Excessive
28 Unlikely member of the
“clean-plate club”
29 Bit of ink
31 Some guest roles on cop
shows
32 Pressing need
33 Bud
37 Convictions
41 Le ___ (newspaper)
42 Von Trapp daughter who sings “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” 43 Indicative and subjunctive,
e.g.
45 Spacecraft
activity
46 Org. concerned with lab
safety?
47 50+ group
48 Word with round
or road
49 Symbol of opportunity 50 Indian lentil dish
52 What you might say after reading a tricky crossword clue