N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

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1 Saucy ones 6 Brand with Prime Cuts 10 “Deck the Halls” octet 13 Seller of Halloween costumes, perhaps 15 Highland body 16 “Fingers and toes crossed …” 17 Need to play, say 18 Show tiredness 19 Cave ___ (beware the dog) 20 Texas A&M athlete 21 Kind of wave 22 Supersmall, futuristic medical device 24 Series of tweets 27 Series of tweets 28 Humanitarian Wallenberg 29 Skilled at dodging 30 Afflict 31 Like zero 32 Lines on a park map 33 Abbreviated title without the second, third, fourth and sixth letters 34 Conducted 35 Oscarnominated director of “Network” and “Dog Day Afternoon” 36 Statues of mermaids, typically 37 Didn’t use the can? 39 Great shakes 40 “Grant them ___ rest” (requiem opening) 41 Barely 42Some R.S.V.P.s 43 Favorite bar, say 45 Big retailer in outdoor gear 48 Daft 49 Device found between gutters 51 Applies 52 Record kept for travel reimbursement 53 Code for Australia’s busiest airport 54 Call it a day 55 Honkers DOWN

1 Take a turn 2 Home of N.Y.C.’s Colonnade Row 3 Album holder 4 Little pointer 5 Off-menu offering 6 When “S.N.L.” ends on the East Coast 7 Seating request 8 Senior moment? 9 Ref. work in which the verb “set” has a 60,000word entry 10 Fourwheeled transports that developed out of surf culture 11 One of the top things on a to-do list 12 What a pane! 14 Word after “take a” or “take the” 15 Africa’s largest city that’s not a national capital 20 Guitarist Summers of the Police 21 Alone, to Alain 23 Trojan War participant 24 Transportation option in Philadelphia and Seattle 25 Not experience the same difficulties as others 26 Like cars at Consumer Reports 27 Held in suspense 29 Expensive coat material 32 Aqua ___ 33 Befit 35 It helps you focus 36 Little something put away for later 38 Lock 39 Jazz great who took his name from Egyptian mythology 41 Cocktail with bourbon and sugar over crushed ice 44 “It was ___ dream” 45 Be awesome 46 Freudian concept 47 Writer nicknamed the “Playwright of the Midwest” 49 “The Ultimate Driving Machine” sloganeer 50 Aid in driving