N.Y. T I MES C RO S S WORD
ACROSS
1 It’s often made along with a birthday cake 5 Freshen, as a drink 10 Interruption 13 Smart relative? 14 Titular woman of classical music
15 They go around in circles
16 Kraken, for one
18 Wedding ring
19 “Don’t you worry” 20 Commanded 21 Russian letter in the spelling of “tsar”
22 ___ blaster (weapon for Emperor Zurg)
23 Ran rapidly
25 Contents of a certain pouch
26 Fresh
28 Org. concerned with choppers 29 “Whoa now, let’s think about this for a minute”
32 Shot required for international travel
33 Collection of precious texts
34 Classic couples’ retreat? 35 Symbols of hope during the American and French Revolutions 36 Where many connections are made 37 Angkor Wat, for one
39 ___ publica 40 Prune
43 Blockhead 44 Miserable
47 Kind of bean on the Big Island
48 On one’s way
out, say
49 Meany of
fiction
50 Georgia who played Georgette on 1970s TV 51 Admits, with “up”
52 This, that or the other 53 Beauty 54 Treatment during “sandal season,” informally
DOWN
1 “That ___ so bad!” 2 Freezable products sold in pouches 3 Paradoxically, a close one might be hair-raising 4 Blood pigment 5 Staff you wouldn’t want to employ? 6 Colleague of Kent and Lane at the Daily Planet 7 Pocket that isn’t full of rye?
8 Kind of ID 9 So says 10 Opposite of kitsch
11 Went along with
12 TV “FYI,” of a sort
15 Get burnt 17 Three-star picture?
20 Historic sites in Hot Springs, Ark. 23 Blow it 24 Follower of Martin Luther King Jr.
25 Thorny subject
26 Free coffee, wellness programs, local discounts, etc.
27 Some quotes: Abbr. 29 Campaign contributions that are given anonymously
30 [There you have it!] 31 Choice between two options
32 Streamline, maybe 33 Doublecrosser 38 Something avoided by a person with teleophobia 39 Send elsewhere (to)
40 “Camelot” composer 41 Upright 42 Product whose name comes from the Greek for “digestion” 44 Wax off?
45 Eldest sister in Chekhov’s “Three Sisters”
46 Unlikely serving at a Michelinstarred restaurant 47 Roadside initials
48 Like the latest, in the past