The New York Times Crossword
No. 1231
ACROSS
1 N.B.A. stat
4 Number of stripes on la bandera mexicana
8 Relay, e.g.
13 Oscar-winning actor for “Moonlight” and “Green Book”
14 Chew (out)
15 Actress Clarke of “Game of Thrones”
16 Rapper MC ___
17 Plant that lacks true roots and leaves
18 Be surpassed by
19 Broker’s request for funds
21 Averts, with “off”
22 Product with the slogan “Trust the power within”
24 James Merritt ___, pioneer in American lithography
25 Modest
26 Digital currency
28 Foot with a short part and a long part
29 Places to crash
30 Layer
31 Goes downhill
33 Game that’s 100% luck
36 ___-vivre (ability to live elegantly)
37 Modern know-it-all
38 Epic collapse
39 Literally, “way of the gods”
41 Capital of Italy’s Apulia region
42 Sums set aside, say
44 One of
64 divisions of Louisiana
46 Highlighter of tihs clue?
48 Certain tailored suit
49 Capital of Fiji
50 Not-so-great grade
51 Put together, as assets
52 Send off
53 Like Haydn’s Symphony No. 12
54 Squirming, maybe
55 Goes out with
56 Something to take or hang
DOWN
1 Chicken ___ (certain entree, informally)
2 District attorney’s offering, maybe
3 Game with sets and runs
4 Diner or sleeper
5 Adjust, as skates
6 Two under
7 Local economy makeup … or a hint to this puzzle’s theme
8 Faces of the digital age?
9 In relation to
10 Big roll
11 Informal times, in ads
12 New Mexico’s ___ Ski Valley
15 Legal limits?
20 Chow
23 Quantity equal to about seven glasses of wine
25 Minor market move
27 Shipload
29 :-(
31 Winner of a record 26 Oscars
32 Ab ___ (from the start)
33 Went forward without a plan
34 Manhattan’s SoHo has a noted one
35 Where swimmer Katie Ledecky won four Olympic golds
36 “Flash Gordon” and others
37 Pine (for)
38 Woodchuck of the western U.S.
39 A one-hit Wonder he’s not
40 Violently temperamental sorts
41 Titan of industry
43 Froth
44 Old man
45 Shrouded
47 Razor-sharp