The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Phrase popularized by Long

John Silver of “Treasure Island” 16 It’s “on a dark desert highway,”

in song

17 Ways in which different

cultures interact

18 Le Dakota du Sud or le

Dakota du Nord

19 Like some traditions 20 Listens, old-style

21 Have that *wow* factor 22 Name ending for Mari- or

Rosa

23 Things people often claim to

have read when they haven’t 24 Typesetting unit

27 Funky stuff

29 N.B.A. M.V.P. of 2015 and ’16,

familiarly

31 “I don’t do ___. I am ___”:

Salvador Dalí

32 Eponymous instrument

inventor Adolphe

35 Smaller than usual,

endearingly

37 “What do you call cheese that isn’t yours? Nacho cheese!,” e.g.

39 Periods that aren’t usually

added, for short?

40 “Live in ___” (clothing slogan) 42 Water colors

43 Japanese camera 44 Protagonist of “The O.C.” 45 What may be thrown down for

a duel

47 Popular video game series

with cars, for short 49 Nickname that drops “An-” 52 Show petulance, in a way 53 Former-Yankee-turnedbroadcaster, to fans 54 Clean, as decks

55 “Don’t sweat the naysayers” 58 Opening statement of an

appeal?

59 Digs near a flower bed, say

DOWN

1 Black ___

2 “Too ___ Handle” (Netflix

reality show)

3 “We’ve all been there”

4 Let it all out

5 Hebrew name meaning “my

God”

6 Pioneering brand of caffeinefree soft drink

7 Combine

8 Longest-serving U.S. first lady,

informally

9 One might be open for

business

10 “___ tree falls ...”

11 Big time for long-distance

calling

12 Prickly shrubs

13 Vast, poetically

14 Places for curlers

15 Be wise to

23 Apparel often worn with

sandals

25 Computer addresses, for short 26 Green stew

28 Outfit

29 NorCal airport

30 Syllable of disapproval 31 “Whip It” rock band

32 It travels at Mach 1

33 Black sorority with 300,000+

members, in brief

34 Marks, as a survey box

36 The Cowardly Lion’s

counterpart in Kansas 38 Presidential monogram of the

early 1800s

41 The cool kids, e.g.

43 “That really isn’t necessary” 44 Original “S.N.L.” cast member 45 Home to Lake Volta, the largest artificial reservoir in the world

46 Volume measure

48 Island nation near Fiji 50 Betray, in a way

51 Critic who said “Art is the closest we can come to understanding how a stranger really feels”

52 Daniel Webster or Henry Clay 53 Sheik’s peer?

54 Part of a fancy bedding set 56 ___ Juan

57 Like the mizzenmast