ACROSS

1. What the R in this puzzle stands for

6. Fantastic ____ and Where to Find Them

11. Prefix meaning “in”

12. Half-opened roses

13. ___, ___, and blue (patriotic acronym)

14. A slender piece of wood for sliding over snow (phonetically)

16. A three-man orchestra

18. To sum up

20. Equal value

23. New England’s smallest state (ab).

24. A cloth much used for men’s apparel

26. Devoured

27. Frosted

29. Good drinks

30. Lair

31. Comparative suffix

32. Prefix meaning “again”

33. Georgia (ab).

35. North-east

36. Toward

38. Station (ab).

40. Railroad

41. Good when tired

42. A garment

44. Before noon

45. After second

47. Myself

48. To perform or act

49. Not out

50. Official new name of a rapper famous for his samples

52. ___ city (Wes Anderson flop)

57. A preposition

58. Protected from the sun

59. Once a week

DOWN

1. Reclines

2. Used to write with

3. A large barge used to dig channels

4. Depart

5. Plural suffix

6. Boston University

7. Nickname for Edward

8. Astraddle

9. Three

10. A long, sharp blade

15. A nobleman

17. NYT Connections category for words Jasmine, Wild, Arborio, and Long

19.  A large barren wasteland

20. Designation for father

21. A preposition

22. Prefix meaning “again”

25. What we are on

28. Come in

31. Compositions

33. A step or degree

34. Worn by Iron Man

35. Word expressing denial

37. An odd thing

39. To sight along a gun

41. Used to put coal into

43. What you do to a book

46. To conceal

51. Expression having the meaning of “what?”

53. South-east

54. ____ garden where the basketball stars bloom

55. You cry when it hurts

56. “That is”

57. Nickname for Alfred

This crossword also appears in our March 2024 print edition.