N.Y. Times Crossword – Friday, September 1, 2017

By: Patrick Berry
Theme: None
Difficulty (0-10):  5
Time: 28:56

ACROSS DOWN
1 What the earliest cars used as antifreeze 1 Alistair ___, “The Guns of Navarone” novelist
9 Name of England’s Nine Days Queen 2 Distinguishes oneself
13 Period ushered in by Augustus 3 Certain Caribbean islander, informally
14 Format too big for conventional reels 4 Snookums
15 Without wasting a word 5 Cable channel for cinephiles
16 Joey’s portrayer on “Friends” 6 Player in Washington, familiarly
17 Clytemnestra’s half sister 7 Nothing but
18 Shaggy mammal 8 The seller takes no interest in it
20 Join 9 Huck’s pal
21 Object at the center of St. Peter’s Square 10 Unlikely winner at the Masters
24 Passed slowly 11 Lands
26 Word of resignation 12 Hold out
27 Work without accomplishing much 13 Native of the Southwest
30 Great deal 15 Little swine
31 Another name for a horizontal ladder 19 Big name in sparkling wine
32 Soft-headed writer? 22 Choice meal?
33 Newspaper columnist who wrote the book “Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball” 23 Math puzzle
35 Very cool 25 Dappled horse
38 What the ancient Greeks called the Hyrcanian Ocean 28 Depicts misleadingly
39 Pacific island Magellan visited in 1521 29 Show that goes on
40 Ones trembling not out of fear 31 Place to dock
41 Become tangled 32 Feel sorry for oneself
43 Court org. 33 It may go up in winter
44 Presidential nickname 34 Lengua with the word “lengua”
46 Pick on 35 Hangs loose
47 Nonstandard negative 36 Took unfair advantage of
49 What a theater’s grand tier is divided into 37 Easy marks
53 John Deere creation 38 Party platter tidbit
54 Verified the count of 39 Like étouffée
55 “___ Enchanted,” 1998 Newbery Honor book 42 Cornered
56 Hit makers? 45 Weapon with a bell guard
48 Howard Hughes acquisition of 1939
50 GPS guess
51 Clothes closet fixture
52 Put away

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