The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Guiding belief

6 Animal Crossing fox whose name references a legendary comedian

10 “Hang on a sec”

13 Some specific references that can add authenticity to writing

15 Language descended from

Proto-Algonquian

16 Line from Pinocchio 17 Top-tier

18 Personal parking space, e.g. 19 Bad time to take stock? 21 Pop tribute?

23 Terminal helper

24 “Ha ha!”

25 Forces to leave

27 Show runner?

30 Works in a cafe, maybe 31 Free spot, in brief

32 Silver and gold

33 Dash of panache

34 What was once due to

American pioneers? 35 Campus home of a UNESCO

World Heritage Site, in brief 36 Sierra ___

37 Craft since ancient times 38 Sudden effect of a cloud

passing

40 Trifle (with)

41 Evangelistic sort

42 Rightmost symbol on Alaska’s

state flag

46 Where fur might collect

indoors

48 Touch 49 Mid-range?

50 It fills seats at an office 52 Misses

53 Cairo-based group 54 Legal suffix

55 Rap artist ___ Ma 56 Some powerful evokers of

memories

DOWN

1 Highlights, e.g.

2 It follows Quebec in the NATO

alphabet

3 Greeting the post office can’t

deliver

4 Brews that Belgium is famous

for

5 Good cheer

6 Official timekeeper of

Wimbledon

7 Portoferraio is its largest town 8 Subject of a drawing,

perhaps

9 Sign of anxiety

10 Accessed the contents of, as

a piñata

11 Frigga portrayer in “Thor” 12 Folate-rich root 14 Conspirators 15 Hauls (away)

20 They may be presented for

visiting dignitaries 22 Someone to push around? 25 Cow

26 Home to many John

Constable works, with “the” 27 As shown

28 Horns played at many pitches 29 Stinging jellyfish

30 Second line of a child’s joke 33 Awful, or worse

34 Unlikely to be caught 36 Sockdolager

37 Mustard’s rank: Abbr. 39 Longtime meat substitute

brand

40 Pitch-related

42 Make a quick stop

43 “With a Little Help From My

Friends” singer, familiarly 44 Take on

45 Warm compresses can relieve

them

46 Citation information

47 Leader in prayer

51 Prefix with physics or

engineering