The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Praises loudly
6 Drops
11 “___ down!”
13 Summaries
15 Becomes uncomfortable, in a
way, as underwear
16 Drank discreetly
17 Part of un giorno
18 Buying opportunity for diehard fans
20 Sports stat that’s best when
it’s below 2
21 Producer of some wedding
rings
23 They might restrict arms 24 Bygone autocrat
25 Poet Hemphill of the 1980s Black gay cultural renaissance
27 Japanese garden denizen 28 Complains loudly
29 They’re full of pop
32 “It’s not clear to me” 33 Benny Goodman jazz standard with the opening line “April skies are in your eyes”
37 Japanese lunch option 38 “Like I said!”
39 Jewelry chain
41 Host city for the annual
Øyafestivalen
42 City where Gerald Ford and
Malcolm X were born 44 “Well, I’ll be darned!”
45 One who may bug you 46 Introductory books
48 ___ plancha (cooking style) 49 Give over to another’s care 51 High fortress
53 Retailer’s promo
54 Kind of address
55 Like testimony at trial 56 Winners of 13 Stanley Cups,
familiarly
DOWN
1 Siobhan Roy of “Succession,”
e.g.
2 “Not to mention ...”
3 Put away for good
4 Challenge for a speech
pathologist
5 Show appreciation at a ramen bar, contrary to Western etiquette
6 Defense mechanisms? 7 Have it ___
8 One might be hazy, for short 9 Catches some waves, say 10 Dazzling air show displays 11 Get personal, say
12 Say how you really feel 13 “Surely that can’t be
possible?!”
14 Engages in some repartee 19 N.F.L. practice squad 22 Acted as a segue for 24 Dog’s show of excitement 26 Brand of cutting-edge
equipment
28 Breeze (through) 30 Awesome, informally 31 Green ___
33 Ones unlikely to rule in your
favor
34 Just this second 35 Countless
36 “Why, I’d love to!”
37 Pears originally from Europe 40 Fracking target 42 Instrument heard in the iconic intro to the Who’s “Baba O’Riley”
43 “The Tempest” spirit
46 Walk on water?
47 What might make one less
likely to flip one’s lid? 50 Cheap ticket specification 52 Get ___ (score highly)