The New York Times Crossword
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 co-starring 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
E 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 to Netflix alternative
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