NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Psychs
7 Certain parental figure?
13 One confined to a cell?
14 Place with multiple ports
15 The Manassa ___, nickname for boxer Jack Dempsey
16 “Ideas worth spreading” series
17 It makes scents!
19 Gifts often given with kisses
20 Shut (up)
21 Informal times of day
25 One with sole possession?
26 Chicago mayor Lightfoot
27 It’s a trap
28 Great deal
29 “I’ll take another”
30 Void
31 Org. whose motto is “Per Ardua ad Astra”
32 Like the Northern Lights
34 Souvenir shop purchase
35 It goes without saying
37 Act big?
38 Bae
39 Forked-tailed fliers
40 Something that may be cut and then cured
41 Michael of “Life & Beth”
42 “Ah, yes, understood”
43 No-frills retirement options?
44 Bit of silliness
45 Not getting involved in any nastiness
49 Ralphie’s wish in “A Christmas Story”
52 Recorded 53 Detail-oriented sort
54 Clerical worker?
55 Made too much of something, perhaps
56 Honorific that translates to “born before”
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1 Hindu god of love and desire
2 Inbox messages from Nigerian princes, almost certainly
3 Comment to someone enjoying a hot streak
4 Something you reach out and take
5 Eschews a cab, say
6 Winnow
7 “___ bat an eye”
8 Pay to play
9 Start of an old advice column
10 Crude meas.
11 Common street name
12 Practice group?: Abbr.
14 Outdoor event with long sticks, informally
16 Cold shower?
18 “I spilled ___ on my dog. Now he’s gone”: Steven Wright
22 Some modern media-related speculations
23 Start of many a trick question
24 Gomez who got her start on “Barney & Friends”
25 Overcast clouds
26 Lucy of “Why Women Kill”
27 Pitcher’s aim?
29 Big actors
33 Court fig.
36 Here
41 Final resting place
43 Like some hard-to-read messages
44 Soul, for one 46 Storage unit
47 Buds for brewers
48 Subject of a Nepali hunting license
49 Fix
50 Alternative to .com or .org
51 Shags, e.g.