The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
1 Finishing-line
cry?
6 Guinness with an
Oscar
10 Thigh muscle,
informally 14 Beginning to
happen
15 Result of a normal distribution 17 Tickets
18 Long ones can be measured in centuries
19 Is short 20 “Fingers
crossed!” 21 Recruit 23 Outbuilding that’s sometimes converted into a dwelling 24 Capacious 25 Minds one’s own
business 29 Things a mysophobe is afraid of
30 Some bonds, for
short
31 Tiny messenger 32 Ending with
electro33 Quack grass and
others
34 Award quartet 35 “Wow!” 36 College figures 37 Onetime Swedish
exports
38 Begins to
believe 40 Extra-crispy, to put it nicely IBM component: Abbr. Midweek milestone 41 42
ACROSS
44 Crush cans,
maybe
48 Give an edge to 49 Perseverance,
e.g.
50 ___ Gandhi, longest-serving president of the Indian National Congress
51 In science fiction, suspended animation of a body at a very low temperature 52 Kind of office tray 53 Name written with an accent in Irish English 54 Estimating words 55 Heading in a
contract
DOWN
1 Some striped
strips
2 Lead-in to some
unsolicited advice 3 Striking
4 Ends a vacation 5 Extra play opportunities, in brief
6 Hoffman who wrote “Revolution for the Hell of It” 7 Island rings 8 National dogs of
Norway 9 Flowering plant such as “old man’s beard” 10 Participates in a
bee, maybe 11 Language that’s mutually intelligible with Hindi
12 Opposite of
“sans” 13 Secretary, e.g. 16 Families and waves might have them 20 Tongue-in-cheek 22 Quick notes,
quickly 25 Good, in
Guadalajara 26 Driver’s license
designation 27 Mined compound in the “Avatar” universe
28 Ink spots, for
short
29 Lump 30 “Where’s the
beef?” inquirer? 33 Broke up a band,
say
34 Modern meeting
aid for many 36 Greasy spoons 37 Word with dim 39 Nurses
40 Part of an urban
fleet
42 Sofia’s husband in “The Color Purple”
43 Poet who wrote “I have spread my dreams under your feet / Tread softly because you tread on my dreams” 44 Some pickups 45 Like a Buffalo
nickel
46 Maisie Williams’s role on “Game of Thrones” 47 Edges of a
diamond? 50 Pose