The New York Times Crossword
No. 1117
ACROSS
1 Presider over weddings, in Greek myth
5 Lunchbox fave
8 Jackie’s predecessor in the White House
13 It’s a sign
14 The “glitter of the snack world,” per Ellen DeGeneres
16 ___-in-waiting
17 Focus of a get-rich-quick scheme?
18 Saddlebag carrier
19 Underworld V.I.P.s
20 Onetime collector of bizarre facts
21 It’s settled!
23 Cologne first launched by Fabergé
24 Home of the Green Wave
25 Setting for a speech
26 “My man!”
29 Sad postgame report 30 Scrambled syntax
32 Fitness test with beeps
33 Sit in a cellar, perhaps
34 ___ Abbott, longtime role on “The Young and the Restless”
35 Requirement for getting into school?
37 Icy coatings
38 Informal affirmative
39 Dom Perignon’s winery, informally
40 Split
41 French fashion house
42 “That’d be nice!”
43 Make the grade?
46 They’re drunk at socials
47 What may be behind the
curtain
49 Things gotten just for kicks?
51 Request from Oliver Twist
52 “… seriously!”
53 Major opening?
54 Candy mogul Harry
55 Canvas finish?
56 Sent a private note, in brief
DOWN
1 Hello, in Honduras
2 Neuter
3 Common receptacle in beer pong
4 Selected at random
5 Knockoff
6 Pot growers?
7 Part of a jacuzzi
8 One-sided curiosities
9 Show flexibility
10 Ruminate on
11 Jersey or Guernsey
12 Site with the categories “Bags & Purses” and “Bath & Beauty”
14 Knockoff
15 Like some love affairs
19 “Ugh, yeah, I’m well aware”
22 Performed light surgery on?
23 Made visible
24 Partially plastered
25 Slack off
26 Heated discussion of who’s responsible for a failure
27 Ascot, e.g.
28 Keats or Shelley
30 Zero-calorie beverage
31 Respond to an alarm, say
36 Chronic pest
40 “Veni, vidi, vici,” e.g.
41 Panini purveyors
42 Head for the sun?
43 Where many travelers come from
44 0, for 180
45 Turn over
46 Fail precipitately, in slang
48 Strung-out sort?
50 Part of a stable diet
51 Word with puppy or pie