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ACROSS

1 Adds horsepower to

8 Sparta’s foe in “300”

14 Elite

15 Major

16 Jolly “Roger”?

17 1950s heavyweight Johansson 18 Zippo output

19 Digs in the snow

21 Mariana Islands neighbor, for short 22 Rideshare app datum

23 Hearts, e.g.

24 Hunk of meat

25 Groundbreaking 1990s sitcom 27 Dashboard Confessional’s genre 28 Take in

29 Midwest city that was home to the Wright brothers

31 Things that help you go off the beaten path?

33 Product whose original slogan was “It floats”

35 Try to catch someone, metaphorically 38 Bishop, for one

42 Dog woe

43 One who might meet with a venture capitalist, for short

45 Currency unit equal to 100 53-Down 46 Some are audiovisual

47 Sound from a sock

48 Vessel that rhymes with a nautical direction

49 Where Shaquille O’Neal played college ball

50 ___ Khan, antagonist in

“The Jungle Book”

51 Move crabwise

52 To the point

54 Subject of the 2003 memoir “Jarhead” 56 Proceeding as planned 57 Timely question? 58 Figure in a Nativity scene 59 Blue in the face?

DOWN

1 Left without leaving anything

2 “How marvelous!”

3 Like roosters

4 They’re usually held on school nights 5 Beget

6 Quick turnaround?

7 Tough love rarity

8 ___ gris

9 Breakfast brand

10 “1” preceder: Abbr.

11 Close

12 “You don’t have to tell me that” 13 Oxygen consumers

15 Peevishly ill-natured

20 Chewy, fruity candy

24 What’s far-sighted?

26 Pop stars?

28 Much of a cattail

30 Right away

32 Microsoft Word creation, briefly 34 Look over again

35 Kid’s IHOP order, perhaps 36 Compadre

37 Initiates

39 It’s found between the shoulders 40 Blow up

41 Like some fancy parties 44 Horseshoe lookalikes

47 “This one or that one?”

50 “Oh, you got me!”

51 Got home safely, in a way 53 45-Across divisions

55 Actress Thurman