The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across 1 Even faster
than overnight 8 Creator of Bluto and Wimpy 15 From the heart,
in Latin 16 Heart 17 He played an escaped convict in “We’re No Angels” 18 Bad
representation? 19 Bucket of bolts 20 Central U.S.’s
___ Plateau 22 Keys are found
in it: Abbr. 23 So-called “Caput Mundi” (“Head of the World”) 24 Phrase usually
abbreviated 25 Longtime Cunard flagship, for short 26 Polymer
add-on? 27 The Allegheny and Wabash, to the Ohio: Abbr. 28 Succession in
a board game 29 One for the
record books 31 “Clearly!” 32 “How
ludicrous!” 34 Town in Connecticut’s Gold Coast 37 Tweak 41 Rte. that ends
in 22-Across 42 Lounge piece 43 Competitor
of Baker’s Joy 44 River of York 45 “Death and the ___” (Bosch painting in the National Gallery of Art) 46 Confusion 47 “The Cocktail
Party” inits. 48 With 9-Down, hit sitcom of the 1980s-’90s 49 Prepare for a close-up 50 It could be a blooper 52 Like stars
in a review 54 Longtime
locals 55 School address 56 Commoner
contemner 57 One of a pair a gardener might wear
Down 1 Marine
10-legger 2 “Welcome to the Jungle” singer, 1988 3 Marie Curie and Irène Joliot-Curie, e.g. 4 Line online 5 More than
serious 6 Org. for many
residents 7 Go in and out of middle management? 8 Mid-luxury Mercedes-Benz line
9 See 48-Across 10 Be lousy 11 Form of the Italian verb “to be” 12 Set electricians 13 Crow’s-foot,
e.g. 14 Aggressive
poker play 21 Aquarium denizen with horizontal stripes 24 1991 Daytona 500 winner Ernie 25 Classroom command 27 Tickling response 28 Coin at an
arcade 30 Packing supply 31 Whale facility 33 Cat’s tongue 34 Photoshop
color effect 35 Predictably 36 Mozart contemporary Antonio ___ 38 Honest or respectable course 39 It ended after W.W. II 40 Like first drafts,
usually 42 Think over 45 Studio
equipment 46 “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” author 48 Pandorans
in “Avatar” 49 Distance unit of about 30 inches 51 European
crested ___ 53 ___ Jiabao, 2003-13 premier of China