The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 2017 #1 song whose music video has over 6.5 billion views on YouTube 10 Pedal-operated instrument 15 Props

16 Good thing for an athlete to bring

17 Rectangle on a staff 18 Brighten

19 Rot

20 Where things are likely to get heated

21 See 46-Down

22 Syrup in a mai tai

24 Over, as an ailment 27 Plant cultivated for its juice 28 React to a stubbed toe 30 Laughable

31 [Oh my God, he’s so hot!] 32 Two before 48-Down 33 Simple craft

34 A couple of bucks

35 Coin whose obverse shows King Maha Vajiralongkorn 36 Vacation destination

37 Ice cream topper

38 What Sally is often informal for

39 Realize

40 Nautical adverb 41 Catchers of flies

42 Best in Show winner at the 2020 Westminster Dog Show 44 Like some contraceptives 46 Forest, e.g. 47 Ointment with an orange label 52 Put on sale, say 53 Freezes

54 Hitting a point of no return? 55 Tucked in at night? 56 “High Life” director Claire 57 Unconscious

DOWN

1 Georgia athlete, familiarly 2 Nymph cursed by Hera 3 Watt, e.g.

4 One involved in horseplay? 5 Fish in the herring family 6 Ring figure

7 That is

8 Beta follower

9 Ribs course?

10 I, for one

11 Cry for mercy

12 Cry for mercy

13 Words of agreement 14 Pairs of fins 23 Animals that 28-Across, informally

24 2006 #1 Chamillionaire hit that begins “They see me rollin’” 25 Good way to get back from an ordeal

26 Words of agreement 27 Mono no ___, Japanese term for a gentle sadness at life’s impermanence

29 They’ll take you places 31 Holder of miniature blocks 34 Move like a bear 35 Possible instance of predatory lending

37 Real stinkers, literally and figuratively

38 Classic candy with a biconcave shape

43 Rial spender 44 Fantastic beasts 45 Interpretations

46 With 21-Across, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” co-star

48 I, for Plato

49 It waters the Boboli Gardens 50 Word usually found between “in” and “of”

51 Place of commerce