new york times crossword PUZZLE BY ALAN DERKAZARIAN

ACROSS 1 What a physiognomist studies 6 Palma’s island 13 Christopher Paolini best seller 15 Hope was once its driving force 16 Sluggishness 18 Act 19 “Well done!” 21 Something with “three deuces and a four-speed” in a 1964 hit 22 30, on a table 23 God 24 Golfer Mickelson 25 Dryish 27 ___ facie (legal phrase) 28 Former Ecuadorean “dollars” 29 London or Manchester 30 Chicken characteristic 31 Charles of “Hill Street Blues” 32 ___ stick 35 Measure of data transfer speed, for short 37 With nothing on top 38 Touchy subject 40 Successor to Churchill 41 Noted blind mathematician 42 Noted boxing family 44 Blackguard 45 Alliance of groups against a common enemy 47 Measures of sharpness 49 One-named singer with the 2016 #1 album “A Seat at the Table” 50 Parts of pit crews 51 Throw a bomb 52 “You don’t have to explain” 53 Like an eisteddfod festival DOWN 1 Hernando’s “happy” 2 A Musketeer 3 Foxes, e.g. 4 Croissan’wich alternative 5 Make more powerful, with “up” 6 Rumpled 7 Bloom that’s often white or lavender 8 1940 Fonda role 9 N.H.L. Eastern Conference team, on scoreboards 10 Camp out in the wilderness, say 11 2/2, in music 12 Pertaining to colored rings 14 Field work 17 Parent, e.g. 20 Does some runs 24 Annual June celebration 26 Strand during a storm, maybe 27 Stuck-up sort 29 Newfoundland or golden retriever 31 Staff additions 32 Spell out 33 Nickname for baseball’s Orlando Hernández 34 Shakespearean fencer 35 Leave ina hurry 36 Fast-food icon, with “the” 38 Neighbor of Allemagne 39 Hints 41 ___-deux 43 Curry of the N.B.A. 45 A smartphone has lots of them 46 Go smoothly 48 Country music’s Mike ___