The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Article of attire akin to a tarboosh 4 Facetious response to “How’d you know that?”
7 One might be forever
12 Union deserters 14 Choice for those eager to retire and travel?
16 _ _ _ Plus
(brand with a “Lubrastrip”) 17 Brownish-orange shade
18 Big brass
20 Reliable
21 Baglike structure 22 Spacewalk, e.g., in NASA shorthand 23 Insect repellent ingredient
24 Twitter : retweet :: Facebook : ___ 26 Email notification, maybe
27 Go (for)
30 Hot dogs do this 31 Bar exam?
33 Early transAtlantic voyager 34 Creature in
Liberty Mutual ads
35 Build
36 Small bit of floor décor
38 Material harvested for its hydrophobic properties
39 Basic cleaner 40 Actor who voiced the title character in 2018’s “Sherlock Gnomes”
41 Like some toothpastes 42 Choice for a cinematographer 43 Swab
44 Exec with a noted mansion
46 “The weapon of the powerless against the powerful,” according to Molly Ivins
49 “100% happening!”
51 State in which you might get a tax deduction
53 One with briefs, briefly
54 Defcon 1 mentality
55 Lisa with the 1994 hit “Stay”
56 Fuji, e.g.
57 ___ Lovett of “Sweeney Todd” 58 Snoop
DOWN 1 Achievements
2 Really, really hot 3 “100% not happening!”
4 First name on the Supreme Court 5 Desertlike 6 /, maybe
7 Something you can’t get in a restaurant
8 Food for a grizzly bear
9 Doesn’t hesitate 10 Apt name for a yoga instructor? 11 Talk up?
13 Uncle _ _ _
14 Hot spot
15 George Washington signed America’s first one in 1790 19 TV roommates for 50+ years
23 Fix, as in beta 25 Penny-_ _ _ 26 Recapitulate 27 Excessive
28 Unlikely member of the “clean-plate club”
29 Bit of ink
31 Some guest roles on cop shows
32 Pressing need
33 Bud
37 Convictions
41 Le ___ (newspaper)
42 Von Trapp daughter who sings “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” 43 Indicative and subjunctive, e.g. 45 Spacecraft activity
46 Org. concerned with lab safety? 47 50+ group
48 Word with round or road
49 Symbol of opportunity
50 Indian lentil dish 52 What you might say after reading a tricky crossword clue