NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 This and that

5 God of fertility, agriculture and the afterlife

11 “Love Life” network 14 Cassowary kin 15 Doing something wrong

17 Objectives

18 Fresh burst of energy

19 Five-star

21 Class structures? 22 Makeup palette assortment 23 Coruscates

25 Less likely to happen

27 You might seek forgiveness for this 28 Scans, say

29 New parents’ purchases to block off staircases 34 Actress Mara of “Pose” 35 Empanadas and patatas bravas 36 “Happy to help!” 37 Nice position to be in?

39 Kind of cup

40 Just gets (by)

41 Go to bat for

42 San ___, seat of California’s Marin County

45 Not expired 46 Everything one could possibly offer, with “the”

47 Mariah Carey and Madonna, for two 50 “Later, dude!”

53 ___ oil, extract obtained from the Amazon rainforest 54 Reverent

55 Pirate’s activity 56 “Five Guys Named ___” (1992 Broadway musical) 57 Back-combed 58 Oh, to be in France!

DOWN 1

Challenge while sitting

2 Answer to the old riddle “What’s round on the ends and high in the middle?”

3 Play with fire

4 Blanks

5 Out-of-office procedure?

6 72 answers and 34 black squares, for this puzzle

7 Hankering

8 Quintana __, Mexican state that’s home to Cancún

9 Spot for the night

10 Covering some ground?

11 Vertical dimension of a flag

12 Bops

13 “___ are …”

16 Longtime newswoman Ifill

20 Gender-neutral possessive

23 Holder of emergency supplies

24 Giant in chip manufacturing

25 Gets to

26 Many a Guinness

Book record

27 Shade akin to royal blue

29 6-0 set, in tennis slang

30 “Whatever!”

31 Pet that’s mostly black with a white chest

32 Ellie Kemper’s role on “The Office”

33 ___ money

35 Kid

38 Firmly fixed

39 Offerer of fresh cuts

41 Made last night, say

42 Its participants are in for a wild ride

43 Pop up

44 Completely bomb

45 Fuzzy

46 Not cool — not cool at all!

47 Some Twitter postings

48 Brand that offers “Leg Mask” products

49 One of nine for a traditional Baha’i temple

51 Pro

52 Org. at Grand

Central Terminal