Crossword

Across

1 Ultimate necessity 8 Needs grease, maybe 14 Cup holder 15 School whose mascot is Riptide the Pelican 16 Became untied 17 Intro to Comp Sci, for Data Structures, eg 18 Push away 19 Giant in sports entertainment 20 Made new? 21 Something you might take a pass on 22 Valuable diamond 24 Hosp readout 25 Bigwig 28 One ___ (multivitamin) 29 Highly sought-after things 31 Foucault’s This

Is Not ___ 32 This 36 Certain powerful engines, briefly 37 Warrants 38 Newswoman Burnett 39 Guiding light? 40 Writes to

briefly? 43 Replies of

understanding 44 Month with two

natl holidays 45 Auto name discontinued in 1986 48 One is a prize for scoring 50 Endowed with from the start, as money 52 Nobody special 53 Mace and shield, eg 54 Took for a ride 55 Hopeful 56 Closely following 57 Order that’s rarely followed?

Down

1 Play 2 Fair, eg 3 Key 4 Gem 5 Place for a long

run, maybe 6 Big ___

Conference 7 Summer

Olympics event 8 A Prairie Home Companion

broadcast site 9 Becomes a

traitor 10 Where Is the Life That Late ___? (Kiss Me, Kate number) 11 One with connections to traveling speakers? 12 Largest sesamoid bones 13 Et ___ (footnote abbr) 14 Not one’s best effort, in coachspeak 21 Ache 23 They can turn red in a flash 26 Contract employee? 27 Actor with the title role in Robin Hood: Men in Tights 28 Loan figs 29 Beam 30 Some linemen: Abbr 31 Just do it 32 Baseball exec Epstein 33 What to call Judge Judy 34 Words of longing 35 Some help from above 39 Southernmost city on I-35 40 Looms 41 Wolverine of Marvel Comics, eg 42 Derisive reaction 44 Reno, for one 46 They’re not pros 47 Animal in un

parc zoologique 49 Old “Red, White & You” sloganeer 50 Small nail 51 River to the

Seine 52 “What you can get away with,” according to Andy Warhol