The New York Times Crossword

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1 Remark made after catching someone by surprise 10 Alt-rock band with the 2001 hit album “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” 15 Indoor swimming pools 16 What might roll in the leaves 17 Pet dogs and cats, affectionately 18 Surge protector? 19 Great work 20 Embroiled (in) 22 Stage that you might enter at night 23 Broadband letters 25 Gangs 27 With 39-Across, answer to the question “Who’s the solver of this puzzle?” 28 Bird: Prefix 30 Pro with extensions, in brief 31 Big ticket item? 35 Leading disability rights activist in the 2020 documentary “Crip Camp” 36 Valuable collection 37 Black _ _ _ 38 “Get out of here!” 39 See 27-Across 40 “Get me?,” informally 43 Guileful 44 “Love Island” airer 47 Item in Yo-Yo Ma’s right hand 50 Sound of suffering … or pleasure 51 Whiff 52 Where the cattle drive in the western epic “Lonesome Dove” begins 55 Consideration when doubling a recipe, perhaps 56 “Don’t worry about me” 57 Like Alaska on a U.S. map, often 58 Quite a sight

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1 Going to get 2 Khaki alternative 3 Use a pick, perhaps 4 Punches 5 ___ Pippig, threetime winner of the Boston Marathon 6 Word with sister or story 7 Ride with a third wheel 8 Outward attitude 9 Bed of roses, so to speak 10 Character who’s striped and spotted? 11 Causes of some brain freezes 12 Hot take? 13 Breakfast skillet 14 What a pointer finger can represent 21 Labor relief, perhaps 23 Port ___, capital of Mauritius 24 John of “The Big Lebowski” 26 Squelched, with “on” 27 His dying words were “There is another … Skywalker …” 28 Ghostlike, in a way 29 ___ Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzerwinning author of “The Sympathizer” 31 Aids for stage crews 32 Via, informally 33 University in Georgia 34 Hold on to 35 Arcade game character with a propeller beanie 36 Word with store or Story 41 ___ Greenwich, co-writer of “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” and “Da Doo Ron Ron” 42 Dispense 43 Muscly, in modern lingo 44 Popular talk show of the 2010s 45 Achievement indicator 46 Show of contempt 48 Eponymous region of northern France 49 Slick 50 Thick locks 51 Title for a guru 53 Inits. on some food cans 54 Knock