The New York Times crossword puzzle

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1 Williams who was one of the original Temptations 5 Audible nudge 9 Ones holing up in closets? 14 Where the dish oysters Rockefeller was invented, informally 15 “Fine then!” 17 Got a schoolmate in trouble, maybe 18 Case study? 19 Round trips? 21 Flies 22 Nutritional guideline, in brief 23 Parting word 24 Delicate touch 25 Dinner ___ 26 Hard and fast 27 Rebuff 29 Stands 30 Jewelry stores? 34 First track on a soundtrack album, often

35 Common material for a jacket

40 Make murky 41 Passing concern 42 Stuff searched for in vein? 43 Lingering quality 44 Callisto’s animal form, in Greek mythology 46 Voice 48 Certain border 49 Speak softly with contentment 50 Creature whose name comes from the Tswana language 51 Bruce Lee in “Fists of Fury,” for example 54 Parting word 55 Marbled cut 56 Let proceed 57 Unit of magnetic flux density

58 Not again! 59 Prohibition Bureau name Down 1 How beans or cheese are often served in Britain

2 As you like it 3 “All right, you’ve got my interest” 4 Title woman in a 1975 R&B hit by the Spinners 5 Preschool recital 6 R&B artist with the Grammywinning 2017 hit “Best Part” 7 The “she” of “Nevertheless, she persisted” 8 Ape or parrot 9 Snafu

10 Like NyQuil, in brief 11 1979 film with Bette Midler’s first starring role 12 Cabinet additions 13 Does some lifting 16 Stayed fresh

20 Wax figure? 24 Excited, in modern slang 25 Item in a metalworker’s gun

28 Dark period for Monet 29 Eponym of a European capital, by tradition 31 L’___ (Lalique perfume) 32 Nonbinary possessive

33 “Get ___!” 35 Firm, in a way 36 Male kangaroos 37 Sensationalistic opinion, informally 38 Agamemnon’s son 39 Studies more closely, perhaps 40 Running mate? 44 Cheeks 45 Lyre holder in classical artwork 47 River of Idaho 49 Letter before Quebec in the NATO alphabet 50 Squirt 52 “Cool” amount 53 Big ___