The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 What may need to be kneaded
9 Warning made with H.R. in mind
13 Dish that may be made in its own pan
14 ___ Lederer, a.k.a. Ann Landers
15 Test out
16 College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
17 Trace evidence?
18 Monopoly token
19 Shaded from the sun
20 Longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent
21 Hit taken willingly
22 Where cc’s are seen
23 Radio amateur
26 It’s often seen beside art
29 “Beg pardon …”
30 More than just moi
31 “The Fly,” “The Host” or “The Thing”
34 “___ Nobody” (hit for Rufus and Chaka Khan)
35 Cereal container
36 D.___ (doctor of letters deg.)
37 Boston’s flagship medical center, familiarly
40 Listing near a club?
41 ___ Ishii, Lucy Liu’s character in “Kill Bill”
42 Demand during a gossip sesh
46 Blast furnace input
47 One is depicted on the Oregon license plate
48 McCarthyite called out in Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire”
50 Took shots with?
52 Metal in dental crowns
53 Latin “between”
54 Plato is considered the father of it
55 Stadium in the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
56 Artistic imitation
DOWN
1 Soaks
2 Drops
3 Strengthen, as an embankment
4 ___ Gilbert, “The Vampire Diaries” protagonist
5 Cabana
6 Verdi opera set during the fifth century 7&8 Part of some shortcuts
9 Glass home?
10 “Just say what you’re going to say!”
11 Govt. body that approves warrant requests for spies
12 Milk provider
14 Word with man or fire
16 Defiant response
18 Desire
21 Edgar Allan Poe poem written for a woman named Jane, despite its title
24 Member of the only M.L.B. team never to have played in a World Series
25 Hardly a pro
26 Tests
27 Proverbial rarities
28 Sea ___ (grass seen in sand dunes)
31 Country that celebrates the new year (“Choul Chnam Thmey”) in April
32 Log-in component
33 Street prowler
38 Many an intern
39 Could gobble right up
43 Cause to recall?
44 Invigorating substance
45 Literally, “skewer”
48 Rapper Flo ___
49 Receptionist’s query
51 “BlacKkKlans-man” director
52 Jack squat