The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Story of why you really couldn’t have done it

6 Car rental partner of Budget 10 Open a bit 14 Minus item, in accounting 15 Oenophile’s love

16 Cops, slangily 17 Plants in abandoned lots 18 Lighting display at many a rock concert 20 Overdue amount 22 Strike callers 23 Symbol of pride 26 Channel famous for veejays 28 Homer’s H 29 Dim bulbs 30 Papermaking material

31 It often introduces new wrinkles 32 Sign before Taurus 33 & 35 Complete success … or a hint to 18-, 23-, 46- and 51-Across 37 Mourner’s emotion 38 Sigma Chi, Sigma Phi and Sigma Pi 39 Hankerings 40 Bluffer’s words in poker, maybe 42 Actress Zadora 45 Food additive with “the fifth taste” 46 Comeuppance for a package thief

48 In an overwhelming way 50 Letter flourishes 51 Sport that can leave you with welts 54 Country or heavy metal 55 Actress Merrill of “BUtterfield 8” 56 Polish before publishing

57 Like granola, largely 58 Lose sleep (over) 59 Sound of a flop 60 Shooting sport

Down 1 “Congratulations! You’ve been selected …” program 2 Eye lustfully 3 The Basques’ peninsula

4 #2 for #44 5 “Things may well not happen the way you suppose” 6 Beltmaker’s tool 7 Through, on an itinerary

8 “Yo mama” joke, e.g. 9 Perceived to be 10 Lhasa ___ (dog)

11 Who said “In every walk with Nature, one receives far more than he seeks” 12 Guests at the Last Supper 13 Do some sculling

19 Fix, as a contest 21 “The Thinker” sculptor 24 Turkey piece 25 Something a lighthouse beacon cuts through 27 4-Down and others, for short 30 Those in favor 31 Those in favor 32 Clark Kent and Mr. Hyde, for two

33 One may open a window for it

34 Pasta often served with clam sauce 35 Lit ___ (college class) 36 Welcome watering holes 37 Place to play hoops 38 Butter or olive oil 40 “Yeah, right!” 41 Saudi capital 42 Ballet position on tiptoe 43 Escapee’s cry 44 Not answering at roll call 46 Pick up on 47 Start of a billiards game 49 Pesky swarmer 51 Shareable PC file 52 Actress Lucy of “Elementary” 53 Relative of Inc.