The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Article of attire akin to a tarboosh

4 Facetious response to “How’d you know that?”

7 One might be forever

12 Union deserters

14 Choice for those eager to retire and travel?

16 ___ Plus (brand with a “Lubrastrip”)

17 Brownish-orange shade

18 Big brass 20 Reliable

21 Baglike structure

22 Spacewalk, e.g., in NASA shorthand

23 Insect repellent ingredient

24 Twitter : retweet :: Facebook : ___

26 Email notification, maybe

27 Go (for)

30 Hot dogs do this

31 Bar exam?

33 Early trans-Atlantic voyager

34 Creature in Liberty Mutual ads

35 Build

36 Small bit of floor décor

38 Material harvested for its hydrophobic properties

39 Basic cleaner

40 Actor who voiced the title character in 2018’s “Sherlock Gnomes”

41 Like some toothpastes

42 Choice for a cinematographer

43 Swab

44 Exec with a noted mansion

46 “The weapon of the powerless against the powerful,” according to Molly Ivins

49 “100% happening!”

51 State in which you might get a tax deduction

53 One with briefs, briefly

54 Defcon 1 mentality

55 Lisa with the 1994 hit “Stay” 56 Fuji, e.g.

57 ___ Lovett of “Sweeney Todd” 58 Snoop

Down

1 Achievements

2 Really, really hot

3 “100% not happening!”

4 First name on the Supreme Court

5 Desertlike

6 /, maybe

7 Something you can’t get in a restaurant

8 Food for a grizzly bear

9 Doesn’t hesitate

10 Apt name for a yoga instructor?

11 Talk up?

13 Uncle ___

14 Hot spot

15 George Washington signed America’s first one in 1790

19 TV roommates for 50+ years

23 Fix, as in beta

25 Penny-___

26 Recapitulate

27 Excessive

28 Unlikely member of the “clean-plate club”

29 Bit of ink

31 Some guest roles on cop shows

32 Pressing need

33 Bud

37 Convictions

41 Le ___ (newspaper)

42 Von Trapp daughter who sings “Sixteen Going on Seventeen”

43 Indicative and subjunctive, e.g.

45 Spacecraft activity

46 Org. concerned with lab safety?

47 50+ group

48 Word with round or road

49 Symbol of opportunity

50 Indian lentil dish

52 What you might say after reading a tricky crossword clue