"The great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition," per Adam Smith Crossword Clue

• Prestigious academic journal since 1880

  New York Times · Sunday, February 8, 2026 · 7 letters

• "Magic that works," per Vonnegut

  New York Times · Wednesday, January 10, 2024 · 7 letters

• Academic journal with a "Breakthrough of the Year" award

  New York Times · Sunday, March 20, 2022 · 7 letters

• "___ is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it": Einstein

  New York Times · Sunday, October 18, 2020 · 7 letters

• Something that's "true whether or not you believe in it," per Neil deGrasse Tyson

  New York Times · Wednesday, September 23, 2020 · 7 letters

• Prestigious academic journal

  New York Times · Saturday, February 24, 2018 · 7 letters

• It "never solves a problem without raising 10 more," per George Bernard Shaw

  New York Times · Sunday, July 17, 2016 · 7 letters

• N*F

  New York Times · Tuesday, February 3, 2015 · 7 letters

• "The poetry of reality," per Richard Dawkins

  New York Times · Saturday, December 6, 2014 · 7 letters

• "It's true whether or not you believe in it," per Neil deGrasse Tyson

  New York Times · Sunday, August 24, 2014 · 7 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 43-Across Sender of a billet-doux
• 43-Down Female hip-hop fan
• 44-Across "Ish"
• 45-Across Where Roger Ebert's reviews appeared for 47 years
• 46-Down Between ports
• 47-Down It reacts with H2SO4
• 48-Down The Magi, e.g.
• 49-Across Gets one's feet wet
• 50-Across Team "spawned" in 1993
• 51-Across Certain trysts
• 53-Across With 39-Across, teeth-cleaning aid
• 54-Across Registered, as a complaint