The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Hero of Philadelphia
7 IG-11 on “The Mandalorian,”
e.g.
12 Stereotypically arcane
subject
14 Wry comment on a sorry
situation
15 Decline
16 One temporarily donning a
cap
17 Spent
18 Decked out
19 “Between the World and Me”
author, 2015
21 Frequently flooded land 22 Team that infamously blew a 28-3 Super Bowl lead they had late in the third quarter: Abbr.
23 Doctor’s office, maybe 24 Piece of the pie? 26 Standard of comparison 28 Lock holder?
29 Sharp feeling
30 Smear
31 Shell, maybe
34 Little ball of fur
38 ___ change
39 Makes clean … or less clean 40 Rigmarole
41 Buck, boomer, jack, flyer or
jill, informally
42 One might carry a torch 44 Like some brows and berets 45 Longtime Sacha Baron
Cohen persona
47 Was on 48 Turns over
49 Bit of encouragement for
someone’s success 52 “Decision time!”
53 Spike in activity on a sports
field?
54 Absolutely trounced
DOWN
1 Dog … or a type of dog
2 Dos y dos y dos y dos 3 America’s first historically
Black sorority, in brief
4 Set the wheels in motion 5 Continuously improve, in
tech-speak
6 Subject of a family feud,
maybe
7 Lead-in to belief
8 Certain mouthpiece
attachment
9 Not with “them”
10 Frosty air?
11 De-frosting?
12 Queens, e.g.
13 Lines in an application? 14 Setting of a 1945 conference 15 Natural cover 19 Holding up the line for? 20 Workers with talent
23 Angles
25 Color that comes from the Latin for “red”
27 Earth-shattering
28 Glossy alternative
30 Makes out
31 Material that artists get all
fired up about?
32 Amphibian that Ogden Nash
once rhymed with “bottle” 33 “Little Women” actress Ronan 34 Milan ___, author of 1984’s “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”
35 Openness
36 Parting word
37 Little ’uns
39 Singing style with African
American roots
43 Say “Ta-da!,” say
44 Excited, with “up”
46 Actress Rowlands
48 Natural recess
50 Many a 31-Down piece 51 Banh ___ (sticky rice cake)