The New York Times
No. 1208
ACROSS
1 Boatloads or truckloads 10 Question suggesting “What odd behavior!” 12 Gains ground 14 Worker’s end-ofyear wish 15 Pitiful
16 Figure whose name derives from the Hebrew for “adversary” 18 Areas to practice driving skills 20 Middle of Middlesex 21 Taproom offering, in brief 22 Output of the world’s largest manufacturer of musical instruments 26 Canadian N.H.L. team, on scoreboards 27 1977 best-selling novel set in a hospital 29 Broke
30 Artist of “La Maja Desnuda” and “La Maja Vestida” 31 Five-time N.B.A. All-Star Thompson
32 Words that guide 33 Uber ___
34 Join so as to work together 35 Third most-spoken language in the world
36 Slips
37 “___ does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from ___”: Jeanne Moreau 38 Stockpiles
40 Get even with 41 Famous bridge site
43 Not allowing for variation 45 Payment option 46 What a nod might indicate 49 Investor’s considerations 50 What old memories often cause
53 Made ’em look 54 Preservers of crop biodiversity
DOWN
1 [So what?] 2 Kiddie ride? 3 Utterance with one’s hand on a Bible, maybe
4 Comics sound effects
5 City east of
Tempe
6 Abbr. below the name of some businesses 7 Highest degree attainable? 8 Defenses are prepared for them 9 Pioneer in the field of exobiology 10 “You sure about that?” 11 Drawers on chests, maybe
12 “Stop complaining. I didn’t do anything wrong”
13 Bouncing a penny into a cup, fancily shuffling cards, etc. 14 Indianapolis 500 venue, informally, with “the” 17 Balance sheet quantity
19 Jazz sobriquet 20 Ones helping players get a round?
23 Song title in both “The Sound of Music” and “West Side Story” 24 Certain verbal agreements 25 Regards 28 Certain verbal agreement
30 “How about that!” 38 What’s going on? 39 Barely run 42 Cartoon character often seen sucking his thumb
44 They contain fruit
46 Gave rise to 47 Entertainment reference that began as a Usenet group
48 ___ Amendment (2010s extension of the Kyoto Protocol)
51 Tip jar item
52 All House speakers until 2007