The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Baseball great who was the subject of the 2006 best- seller “Game of Shadows” 6 Authorize, as a digital contract
11 Takes heat from 13 Political figure who became a CNN commentator in 2015 15 Won back
16 Advance showing
of a film
18 Annoying bedmate 20 “___ doomed!” 21 Subject of an
overnight lab study 23 DOT branch
24 Right now
26 Winner of the lowest- scoring Super Bowl in NFL history
( 16 total points) 30 Overindulge
31 :(
32 Pool party?
34 Word before bait
or buzz
35 Certain grain source 36 Hot wheels?
39 Boston skyscraper,
with “the”
40 They’re spotted
at fire stations
45 “___ so” (“Nuh- uh”) 47 Classic baby food 49 Like Napoleon’s
defeat at Waterloo 51 Many a yak
herder
52 Gymnast Biles and
others
53 “License to Kill”
star
54 Big name in hosiery 55 Longtime film/ theater
critic Jeffrey
DOWN
1 Start of many a morning commute, informally
2 Some first- years
after undergrad
3 ___ astrology, study with horoscopes
4 Means of
surveillance
5 Go to pot?
6 Potential recidivists 7 Classic blazer
fabrics
8 Ending with quartor quint
9 Developed
10 “I’m fine,
but thanks” 12 Nonbeliever
13 Part of a
fireplace 14 Disturbed
17 Literary
anthology
19 Squaw Valley
backdrop
22 Backing
25 Wasted word
to a housecat
26 Turnovers, e. g. 27 Group working
on PSA campaigns 28 Big name in
cookware
29 Stood on the
hind legs, with “up” 31 Product made
with steel wool 32 Dark- skinned grape used in winemaking 33 Locale of London’s
Leicester Square 35 Abu Simbel statue
honoree
37 Activity for new
parents 38 Percussionist’s
wooden sticks 41 As good as it gets 42 Try to get in, say 43 “Suh- weet!,”
quaintly
44 Do business? 46 Proctor’s
declaration 48 Septet in Dante’s
“Purgatorio”
50 Lose crispness,
in dialect