NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

1 Cries

8 What something unexpected might do

13 “Just give it time” 14 ___ Manette, woman in “A Tale of Two Cities” 15 The Jonas Brothers, e.g.

16 Needle on a thread?

17 Female kangaroos 18 Swarm

19 Color similar to lilac 20 “Herb” … or a leadin to herb

21 What some consume on a diet 22 Court figure, informally 23 Balanced, as some molecules

25 A mover … but not a shaker, one hopes 26 Practice squad?: Abbr.

27 Welcome

28 “You guys STINK!,” e.g.

30 Interior secretary Haaland

31 Things going beyond your control?

35 Big name in construction equipment 36 Student enrolled in courses like Contracts and Civil Procedures 37 Wreck

38 Chap 39 Overextend

40 The U.N.’S smallest member

41 Pill bug or wood louse

43 Billy Joel’s “___ Always a Woman” 45 In, in the past 46 Water ___, mammal dubbed the “cheetah of the wetlands” for its speed and stealth 47 Bread with charred brown spots 48 Give (out) 49 Cameos might be seen on one 50 Things to settle 52 Give it a whirl! 53 Flotsam once in Boston Harbor 54 Nonstop

55 “A party? Count me in!”

DOWN

1 “Wanna tell me more?”

2 “History is a set of ___ agreed upon” (remark attributed to Napoleon) 3 Suffix with liquid 4 Get down

5 High winds? 6 Leann of country music

7 Small part of a watch

8 “Gosford Park” director, 2001 9 Like the homes of roughly one in six Americans 10 Hunger hyperbole 11 Jewelry gift for a

25th anniversary 12 Some fishermen 13 Butt of a joke? 15 Throw for six,

informally

21 Secure

22 Word with door or

dance

24 Steal

25 One of seven for

Salome

28 “That’s what I just

said!”

29 Good name for a last-minute planner?

30 Pest control brand once touted by Muhammad Ali 32 It’s between the

shoulders

33 Hot rods popular in

the ‘60s 34 Pre-algebra class

calculations 38 Casual dining

setting

39 Nearing

40 Person of integrity 42 World leader associated with the justicialism movement

43 State capital dubbed the “Cherry City”

44 Attacked

47 Terse denial 48 Active person 51 Michael of “Saturday Night Live”