The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Piece of equipment at a rock concert 10 Abba who was born “Aubrey” 14 Commitment you sometimes can’t get out of? 16 Bats 17 DC Comics supervillain group 19 Celebrity 20 Composer Rachmaninoff 21 Coloration 22 “No bid” 24 Bazaar makeup 26 Beauty mark? 27 Engineer training centers 33 Major U.S. city with three pairs of double letters in its name 34 Went from place to place 35 Plane fare 36 One who copes by excessive snacking 37 Many cos. seek its approval 40 Children’s character who wears red-andwhite stripes 41 W.W. I battle site 43 “Black-ish” network 44 “Sure, I guess” 50 Lee side? 51 What opening offers often leave 54 Founder of Carthage, in myth 55 Spongy toy going up in popularity? 56 Big bunch 57 Low throw

Down

1 Work out 2 Common magnet feature 3 Unemotional sort, in slang 4 H. P. Lovecraft output 5 “Great” one in Africa 6 Rules, for short 7 Grammywinning artist India.___ 8 Make fast, in a way 9 Game with a 40-millimeter ball, informally 10 Days of yore, in days of yore 11 Cried dramatically 12 Not many 13 Easily cleaned, in adspeak 15 Homer’s beer supplier 18 You can hardly believe it 23 Stops, as an engine 25 Totally cheated 28 Merchant Samuel who lent his name to a historic island 29 “I Fall to Pieces” singer 30 Words with cow or ball 31 Screw over 32 Something ported at a portage 33 Like many a purchase weighed at a deli 34 Guidelines observed in sisterhood 35 Bubbling, say 36 Grasslands 37 Way out 38 Creditor, in financial jargon 39 They may be liquid 42 What’s always found in quotes? 45 Term of endearment 46 Easy things to dial on a rotary phone 47 “Ol’ Man River” composer Jerome 48 Letters on old film boxes 49 Duchess of ___ 52 Do some diamond cutting? 53 Corn site