The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Fool

5 Dungeons & Dragons, e.g., in brief

8 Abigail who wrote “remember the ladies” to her husband in 1776 13 Sighed aside 14 Grammy category won twice each by Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Johnny Cash 16 Walk on water? 17 When things are

going well

18 Hold one’s hand? 20 Cop show costarring LL Cool J, informally 21 The “Y” of the

code JPY

22 Not closeted 23 Little

annoyance 24 Pricey

26 Rep

27 “I’ve heard

enough,” in brief 30 Supply at a

nursery

31 “Go for it” 33 Name spelled by the first letters of consecutive calendar months 34 American ___ 35 Ottomans, e.g. 36 Addict’s plaint 38 Heckelphone

relative 39 Otherworldly 40 Water line 41 Perfectionists

take great ones 42 Treads lightly 43 Bro hugger,

perhaps 44 Medium talent 46 Old Jewish

enclave 49 Snack item with

green filling 51 Get off on criticizing, perhaps 53 Fowl call 54 Once-trendy

green cocktails 55 Water line 56 Go-getter 57 13x platinum Pearl Jam album that actually has 11 tracks 58 WhatsApped,

say

DOWN

1 Feline friend of Tom on “Tom and Jerry”

2 Blank part of a

page

3 “Let me

rephrase” 4 Fork-tailed bird 5 Charge

6 Its top score is

1520

7 ___ economy 8 Stereotypical millennial breakfast item 9 “Ta-da!”

10 Goes on to say 11 Fast-food option for a reduced price

12 Kind of bean 14 Finish the dirty

work

15 Took for a ride 19 “Either is fine,

honestly”

23 One with cross

words

25 Rugby

competitor 26 Texted eyes,

maybe 27 Lavatory,

informally 28 Tracks, so to

speak

29 “___ time!” 31 Some branded

coolers

32 Free alternative

to Netflix 33 Alternative to

Skippy

37 They’re awfully

sorry

41 Maine

attractions 42 Key collaborator 43 Demonstration that’s not going anywhere 45 Gave the finger? 46 Blind piece 47 People of

Arizona 48 Suitable for most

audiences 49 Head locks? 50 “Huh, didn’t expect to see you here”

52 Give a card to