The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 2017 #1 song whose music video has over 6.5 billion views on YouTube 10 Pedal-operated instrument

15 Props

16 Good thing for an

athlete to bring 17 Rectangle on a staff 18 Brighten

19 Rot

20 Where things are

likely to get heated 21 See 46-Down

22 Syrup in a mai tai 24 Over, as an ailment 27 Plant cultivated for its

juice

28 React to a stubbed toe 30 Laughable

31 [Oh my God, he’s so

hot!]

32 Two before 48-Down 33 Simple craft

34 A couple of bucks 35 Coin whose obverse shows King Maha Vajiralongkorn 36 Vacation destination 37 Ice cream topper 38 What Sally is often

informal for

39 Realize

40 Nautical adverb 41 Catchers of flies 42 Best in Show winner at the 2020 Westminster Dog Show

44 Like some contraceptives

46 Forest, e.g. 47 Ointment with an

orange label

52 Put on sale, say 53 Freezes

54 Hitting a point of no

return?

55 Tucked in at night? 56 “High Life” director

Claire

57 Unconscious

DOWN

1 Georgia athlete, familiarly

2 Nymph cursed by Hera 3 Watt, e.g.

4 One involved in horseplay?

5 Fish in the herring

family

6 Ring figure

7 That is

8 Beta follower

9 Ribs course?

10 I, for one

11 Cry for mercy

12 Cry for mercy

13 Words of agreement 14 Pairs of fins 23 Animals that 28Across, informally 24 2006 #1 Chamillionaire hit that begins “They see me rollin’” 25 Good way to get back

from an ordeal 26 Words of agreement 27 Mono no ___, Japanese term for a gentle sadness at life’s impermanence

29 They’ll take you places 31 Holder of miniature

blocks

34 Move like a bear 35 Possible instance of

predatory lending 37 Real stinkers, literally

and figuratively 38 Classic candy with a

biconcave shape

43 Rial spender 44 Fantastic beasts 45 Interpretations

46 With 21-Across, “Once Upon a Time & in Hollywood” co-star 48 I, for Plato

49 It waters the Boboli

Gardens

50 Word usually found

between “in” and “of” 51 Place of commerce