N.Y. Times Crossword – Saturday, August 12, 2017

By: Kameron Austin Collins
Theme: None
Difficulty (0-10): 5
Time: 33:12

ACROSS	DOWN
1 Cambridge student, informally	1 Dateable one
7 Militant sort	2 Not fancy at all
12 Scrubbed	3 Typical results
14 Mystery writer _____ Jackson Braun	4 Fit
15 Start of a big fight?	5 Gudrun’s victim, in Norse myth
16 Champagne is one	6 Weight-watchers watch it
17 One difficult to tie down	7 Jack’s sobriquet, with “the”
19 Billing units: Abbr.	8 “___ From Hawaii” (1973 Elvis concert)
20 Dreamer of myth	9 Some ancient Cretan statues
21 Brand of change-counting machines	10 Candle scent popular at Christmas
23 TV Gold?	11 Deservingly
24 ___ New York (upscale department store chain)	13 Big band singer Vic
25 Short but not necessarily sweet	14 Mucho
26 Applesauce-topped nosh	16 Fasteners with flat tops
27 Prestigious research university	18 Crafts site
29 Split	21 Suffragist Carrie Chapman ___
30 Colorful summer treats	22 Sitcom world
33 Turkish pooh-bah	24 Fruity dessert
34 Placated, with “to”	25 Get along
36 Founder of two automobile companies	26 Greaves, e.g.
38 Some postgraduate study	27 Mass readings
41 Ability to learn and adapt neurologically	28 Cozy footwear, for short
44 Says without saying	29 Vintage military plane
45 Bad sign	30 Reality winners beginning in 2002
46 Muddied	31 That, in France
47 Antinuke pact topic	32 Breaks things off
48 Habiliments	34 Media of exchange
49 Bully’s reply	35 Superexcited
	37 Places to cool it?
	38 Major storm detritus
	39 Elite group
	40 Arthur ___, inventor of the crossword puzzle
	42 “Casablanca” lover
	43 Chanel rival