The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Furry animals with

black-tipped tails

7 It’s mind-altering

10 Unresolved

14 Dessert whose main ingredient is grated

16 2018 film set in Mexico that was nominated for best picture

17 Like tough love?

18 Word with going

or God

19 Admission needs,

informally

20 Dapper

pachyderm

21 1945 conference

site

22 Prominent feature of Man Ray’s painting “Observatory Time: The Lovers”

23 Australian tennis

great Goolagong

25 Subjects of some modern bans, informally

27 False start?

28 Up in the air

29 Played pickup, say

32 Kind of diet

33 ___ favor

34 “Star Wars”

prequel series

35 “OK, I’m done

complaining”

37 Dish whose name means “stuffed” in Turkish 38 Country described in “One can’t impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese”

39 Hearts

40 Beer whose ads once featured a sinister penguin

41 Bear necessities?

42 Stand up during a

presentation

43 Upcycle, say

45 Tub top

48 Largest in a septet

49 Irish novelist celebrated on Bloomsday (June 16)

51 Laugh and a half

52 Plays it cool

53 Lady ___, founder of Cambodia’s capital

54 “Undoubtedly”

55 Playing hooky,

perhaps

DOWN

1 Macbeth, for one

2 Cry made while

waving, perhaps

3 Animal in the Qatar Airways logo

4 Throwing ability

5 Systemically

indispensable

6 Causes of some

tan lines

7 “Honeymoon” singer ___ Del Rey

Edited by Will Shortz No. 0922

8 Where business is going downhill fast?

9 Mo. when

Kwanzaa starts

10 Givers of priceless

gifts

11 Water aerobics

aid

12 Act badly, in a way

13 Squat

15 Corny junk?

21 “All I asked for was that simple thing!”

22 Urgent,

hyperbolically

24 Appraise for accuracy or suitability

25 Flair

26 Hypothesized type of nuclear reaction

27 Object pantomimed by extending one’s thumb and pinkie

28 Caricature

29 Contest featuring

Apollo

30 Some small dogs,

familiarly

31 Spanish title:

Abbr.

36 Org. whose logo is

a red elephant

39 Skycourier maker

40 Count in jazz

41 Club collection

42 Tombstone name

44 CPR experts

45 Eponymous town

in SE Connecticut

46 Expression of

confidence

47 Shoulder muscle,

informally

49 Gatsby’s first

name

50 Medical theaters,

for short