The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Cases of false incrimination
9 Groom
14 Band featured in Disney World’s Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster
16 Bumper adornment
17 Last of the Ptolemys 18 Train through eight states 19 Thin in tone
20 Supporting
21 “Alas …”
22 Ford vehicle, familiarly 23 Black Sea resort town 25 Splitting of hairs?
26 Word with over 400
definitions in the O.E.D. 27 Sweat ___
29 When doubled,
a 2010s hip-hop fad 30 Draws
31 Bites, in a sense
33 Gaffer’s supply
36 Most sacred
37 Low draw
38 Scholarly work
39 O’er and o’er
40 Big name in pizza rolls 42 Cardinal pts.?
45 Thick manes
47 Certain gown wearers 48 River past Louisville 49 Rolls, e.g.
51 Partner of all
52 Heard, but not seen 53 Last of the Greeks
54 She’s the responsible one in the group, colloquially
56 Whiz
57 Not the glamorous sort 58 Sanctify
59 Animal in the suborder
Vermilingua (“worm tongue”)
DOWN
1 “Truth be told …”
2 Fix, as a winter coat
3 Hannah who wrote “The
Human Condition” 4 Distracted, as with romantic
feelings
5 Best Driver, for one
6 Actress Thurman
7 Hidden dangers 8 Perambulates
9 Palms, e.g., for short
10 Run through
11 Winter Olympics pairs event 12 1995 cult classic directed by
Kevin Smith 13 Try out before release,
as a game
15 Short-story writer Bret 23 Holiday hearth feature 24 One of the Fates
27 Muscly
28 Tennis great Monica 30 Home-school link, for short 32 Word with hot or fresh 33 Make an unwanted
appearance in a video call 34 Not requiring a suit, say 35 Loud chewing, for many 36 Mr. Fixit
38 Roll player
41 March
42 “If you don’t tell them, I will,”
e.g.
43 Senator Feinstein of
California
44 Do some bonding
46 Wise guys
48 Spirited message board? 50 Dojo levels
52 “Rule, Britannia” composer 55 Muscly, say