The New York Times Crossword

No. 1209

ACROSS

1 “Try not to attract attention” 11 This and that 15 Geographical inspiration for

Strauss

16 “Alas!’”

17 “100% correct!”

18 Tab, essentially

19 Safaris, e.g.

20 Fish also known as wahoo 21 Play again

22 Not std.

23 Border region along the

Rhine

25 ___ Championship

26 Bit of assistance 28 Shell-inspired shade of

greenish blue

30 Run like a mouse 33 Founder of the Shondaland production company 34 Defiant declaration popularized by the drag queen Bianca Del Rio 36 Most of the English force at Agincourt

37 Itchy layers 38 “Goddess of the loud hunt,” in Homer’s “Iliad”

40 Safari destinations 41 M.M.A. decision

42 Pulitzer category

44 Part of U.C.S.F.: Abbr. 47 Northern lapwing

49 Break down, in a way 50 Break down, in a way 52 Swedish actress Lena 53 Chance to start fresh

55 Make advances 56 19th-century garb completed

by top hats and gloves 57 Tense

58 “Let’s have our cake and eat

it, too!”

DOWN

1 Disney channel

2 “The Nutcracker” role

3 One pulling some strings 4 Long part of a bouzouki 5 Big deals

6 Amy who wrote “The Kitchen

God’s Wife”

7 Played out

8 Dig locale

9 Not here

10 The Eagle, e.g., for short 11 First Nigerian-born singer to

win a Grammy

12 Epithet for Tarzan

13 Causes to grow, humorously 14 Car-washing equipment 21 Locale for Ping-Pong, foosball, dancing, etc. 23 U.N. secretary general Guterres

24 Quick

26 What might be heard before

a bust

27 Stab

29 Toys with strings

30 Did some shallow breathing? 31 Bootlicker’s specialty

32 Word with data or deal 35 Words to end a play

36 Pillar of the superhero

community

39 Heavenly being

43 Maguire of 2009’s “Brothers” 44 Idaho senator Mike

45 It’s a good thing

46 Spot check?

48 Fictional Dr. Jones, familiarly 50 Big deal

51 Many a North African

53 Use a hitch on

54 People with a language of the

same name