The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Horizontal pieces covering joints, in architecture 8 Team that last won the World Series in 1979 15 Ancient Greek land that fought Sparta 16 Weaver of Greek mythology 17 Some farm machinery 18 To the

point 19 Personae

non gratae 20 Gets in on

the game 21 Must pay 22 Often-repeated

line

23 Cup holders 25 Things you must choose, it’s said 26 Sort 27 Lose-lose 29 Spanish muralist José María ___ 30 Infrequent ending for URLs 31 Sign of

age

35 Part of a watch that holds the face’s glass cover 37 ___-dieu 41 Like hippies,

by nature 43 Thickening agent in cookery 45 Seriously

hurt 46 Recipient of a Mailer-Daemon notice

47 Saucy

name? 49 Eventually 50 Gives meaning

to

51 Slippery 52 Puerto Rican home to the Western Hemisphere’s largest radio telescope 53 Open to

everyone 54 Sides of blocks 55 Corpus Christi,

e.g.

Down

1 Shooter’s target

in soccer 2 Passage between buildings 3 Gather with

difficulty 4 “Understand?” 5 Brainstorm 6 Bleachers

blaster 7 Unwelcome

comeback 8 Amazon rodent 9 Athlete among

athletes 10 Harangue 11 Décor

features 12 Heraldic emblem of Scotland 13 Guarantor 14 Overlook,

as a fault 24 Not wasted 25 “L’Arlésienne” suite composer, 1872

28 1975 Best Musical, with “The” 31 Open-sided

shelters 32 Distracted,

maybe

33 More severe 34 “Evita” lyricist 35 It may be

a write-off 36 Mississippi River explorer 37 Turpentine is

distilled from it 38 Philippine strongman ___ Duterte 39 Become slippery, in a way 40 Heartfelt 42 Kind of roast 44 Singer Clark 48 Baja bears 49 Places where black-eyed Susans grow

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