The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Big name in Scotch 7 Family name on

“Seinfeld” 15 Provincial governor in

the Byzantine Empire 16 Patriots in New York,

e.g.

17 Harmless rattler 18 Ram rod?

19 Working

21 Secure, with “down” 23 Frozen asteroid or

planet

27 Left a bad impression

on?

31 Boxer Trinidad 32 “Don’t just take my

word for it!”

34 What may be drawn

with black and white? 39 Flush, e.g.

42 Prepare, as a certain

movie snack

43 Celeb

45 Equilibrium 49 Vegetarian spread 53 On every occasion 55 Dispensable young

beau

56 Big name in beer 57 One side in the Ryder

Cup 58 Lakeside activity ... or

& a hint to the words 59 spelled across the fifth, eighth and 11th rows of the completed grid

DOWN

1 Mark on one’s record 2 Proctored event,

maybe

3 John Mccrae, author of “In Flanders Fields,” e.g.

4 Name seen on the

Kazakh/uzbek border 5 First soft drink sold in

all-aluminum cans 6 Light carriage, informally

7 Memory ___

8 Be shy

9 Onetime Scandinavian

export

10 Rule that should be

broken?

11 Rat-___

12 Like the newest model, familiarly

13 Jewelry store eponym 14 “My thoughts exactly!”

20 What jelly rolls are

filled with? 22 Memorable 2021

hurricane 24 Word often before a

year

25 One who’s not a fan 26 One way to prevent

stock losses?

28 Bug collection? 29 Ancient invaders of

Rome

30 Silas ___, first American diplomat to France

33 Mauna ___

35 Tailgate grill 36 Separate

37 2.0, for one 38 Moonscape feature 40 Took full advantage of

the buffet, say 41 Unmoved reaction 44 West Coast burger chain with a “not-sosecret menu”

45 Vast expanses

46 Lose value quickly 47 News anchor Smith,

informally 48 Enthusiastic assent in

Spanish

49 On the surface it might not look like much

50 Five-spots

51 Prefix for fireworks 52 Imbibe

54 R&b/pop vocal group

Boyz II ___