The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Put on blast

5 Vegetable whose name

comes from Igbo

9 Bill originating in Texas

14 It has its standards, for short 15 17-Across, for one

16 Raise

17 “On Being Brought From Africa to America” writer, 1768

20 Nobody else can take it 21 Campaign platforms, perhaps 22 Ground rule?

23 Milquetoast

24 Suffix that turns a

verb into an adjective 27 Proportion of customers that make a purchase, in business-speak

29 More trifling

30 “Baloney!”

31 Gets ready to fly

32 Forgetting to finish

this clue, for examp

36 Got taken for a ride, in a way 37 Your ___

38 Occasion to ask the

Four Questions

39 After Brazil, the world’s second-largest producer of coffee

41 Give a hand?

42 Left for the country?

43 “My goodness!”

45 Roy Lichtenstein’s

“Drowning Girl,” e.g.

47 Bit of deductive reasoning? 49 Cocktail with caffeine

52 Can’t stand the heat, say 53 Kind of fixation

54 Foul smell

55 Rip (from)

56 iPhone command 57 Real prat

DOWN

1 Catchy tunes

2 Opposite of rubicund

3 Battle site in Tennessee 4 Components of some

sports broadcasts 5 Swing-era bandleader

___ Cates

6 Decks and floors, informally? 7 Alters the narrative, in a way 8 Familiar (with)

9 Laphroaig flavorer

10 Words from a paper pusher? 11 Region of Italy that lends

its name to a pepper 12 Scream for a team

13 What Charlotte lives above

in “Charlotte’s Web”

18 “The Lord of the Rings”

actress

19 Unlikely gift

23 Courses

25 Vichyssoise ingredient 26 Source of the words

“plaid” and “trousers” 28 Bacteriologist Walter who conducted yellow fever research 29 Preserver’s purchase 31 Salon offering

32 Swear

33 Name that’s a homophone

of 24-Across

34 Fuji, for one

35 Dom maker

39 Pages on the left side 40 Profession

42 “And She ___”

(Talking Heads hit)

44 Indie output

46 Threat to crops 47 Common additive

to white rice

48 Fish named for a weapon 49 *grimaces, sticks

out tongue*

50 “Which one of Arthur’s knights built the Round Table? ___ Cumference!” (groaner) 51 “My goodness!”