NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Samsung-versus-Apple and others 7 Regular at a fitness center 13 Returns 14 Gather dust 15 Containing neither meat nor dairy 16 Dietary claim on some potato chip bags 17 “Here’s one for you, smartypants” 19 Something cast in cleromancy 20 Not just sit there 21 Breaks, in a way 25 Rugged class 27 Source of illegal ivory, informally 30 Puts to bed, with “in” 31 One with a habit 32 Cash ___ (restaurant caveat) 33 New World songbird 34 Overhaul 35 Feminine suffix in Spanish names 36 Power cord? 37 Cut (down) 38 Take the more difficult path, metaphorically 41 Something made for one’s idols? 42 Ancient 43 Abbr. for an open slot 46 Dressing room attendant 49 “Don’t mention it” 52 Some kaffiyeh wearers 53 Went past 54 Company with a purple-andgreen asterisk in its logo 55 National tree of India 56 Clean, as a lab coat?

Down

1 Horrify, in Hampshire 2 Pipe cleaner brand 3 Drub 4 Some 5 It flows from the Cottian Alps to the Adriatic 6 Lead-in to -scope 7 Lillian of silent films 8 Firm affirmation 9 Prayer book 10 Nutritional fig. 11 ___ set 12 Celebration in Ho Chi Minh City 14 Low-carb sandwich 16 Series of visits to colleges, maybe 18 Actor whose roles have included both a fictional and a real-life U.S. president 22 Person in a rush 23 Exercise done on a bench 24 Bishops’ gathering 25 One who bugs another person? 26 Ring result, for short 27 Raise 28 Halved, perhaps 29 Interweave, as hair 33 Kind of pass 34 Super Bowl LIII loser 36 Island near Krakatoa 37 Wage 39 Answer to the riddle “I form in an instant and last a lifetime. What am I?” 40 Rubbed out 43 Ebbing and flowing, say 44 Queen’s “We Will Rock You” vis-à-vis “We Are the Champions” 45 Totally lost 47 Sadiq ___, London mayor beginning in 2016 48 Neighborhood 49 ___ Hill (San Francisco neighborhood) 50 Eggs Florentine, once? 51 Son of, in Hebrew names