N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 It might go to the dogs 11 Unaltered 15 Tahoe, for one 16 Costa ___ 17 Trendy salad type

18 Plot in Genesis 19 Prey for a dingo 20 “Rush!” 21 Assessment of acidity 23 Platform that many things run on 24 Part of the Trinity 25 Maniacal laugh 26 Traditional retirement present 27 Ambiguity 28 Selection ___ 30 Breezes (along) 31 Knights, bishops, rooks, etc. 32 Fluff pieces 33 See 47-Down 34 Not final 35 Word before “I hate that!” 36 “I’m ___!” 37 An almanac and Google, for a crossword solver 38 Extra keys, e.g. 40 Excel-using exec, maybe 41 What officials need to get cleared before speaking? 42 Bladder, e.g. 43 Subway operator, for short 46 Stuffed appetizer 47 Relative of sepia 48 Cable inits. popular with female viewers 49 Starting 50 “That’s not me anymore” 53 Hilton alternative 54 “Take your time” 55 Funny Martha 56 Wheedles

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1 Part of the original “Star Trek” cast 2 National alternative 3 88 or 89 4 That can’t be right 5 Boxes 6 September and October, for pumpkins 7 Expletivefree 8 Farrier’s tool 9 Going by 10 Postarrest ritual 11 “___ Arrives” (1967 soul album) 12 Pitched horizontally 13 Polar features 14 Seat of Orange County, Calif. 22 Kansas’ Fort ___ 25 Escort 26 Rehearsed 27 Too lean 28 Major lobbying group, colloquially 29 United 30 “Blue ___” (Irving Berlin tune) 32 Lasciviously desires 33 Keeps up 34 Part of one’s Twitter page, informally 36 High ___ 37 Bills are found in it 39 College assignment, informally? 40 Prestige 42 South American capital 43 High muck-amuck 44 Move behind? 45 Very long chain 47 First name of a cartoon 33-Across 51 “I shall return,” e.g. 52 It checks for leaks, for short