The New York Times

ACROSS

1 Trash

5 Kind of rock 9 Toni Morrison title character who lives in the Bottom 13 Lower-cost option at a supermarket, usually

15 Fresh

16 Furry creature that Wallace becomes during the full moon, in a “Wallace & Gromit” film 17 Bio subject 18 “___ changed” 19 Feature of the inner planets 20 Thread count? 21 Facebook allows for more than 50 23 Reciprocal of a siemens 24 Sharon Olds’s “___ to Dirt”

25 Hush puppies alternative 27 Restaurant starter, informally 30 Prominent attire for Jr. Pac-Man 35 Assumes 36 Grande and others 37 Actress Susan 38 Order at a lodge

39 It’s sold by the yard 40 Good things to have for a private party

41 What a trip! 45 Alliterative partner of 45-Down 48 Proceeds smoothly 50 Creature whose male incubates the eggs, during which it won’t eat, drink or defecate for 50+ days 51 Trails

52 New York City setting of the “Eloise” books 54 It may be bonded 55 “Much obliged!” 56 Whom to call “maman” 57 Guard, perhaps 58 Current

DOWN

1 Martin or Harvey 2 Actress with an Academy Award for 1960’s “Two Women” 3 Amount to 4 Maker of the world’s first diesel-powered passenger car 5 Photographer Diane

6 Pickup line? 7 Still alive, so to speak

8 Noted organochloride, in brief 9 Boston exurb 10 Bell Labs development of the 1970s 11 Took off 12 Floors 13 Amount from a flask, maybe 14 Amounts from a distillery, maybe 20 Program replaced by “CBS This Morning” 22 Olympics rulebreaker

23 Like Tony-winning plays 25 Brightens, with “up”

26 ASCAP and A.S.P.C.A.: Abbr. 27 Lead-in to date 28 Walk on water? 29 Disposable shoe liners

30 What cognitive behavioral therapy might treat, in brief

31 Grade 32 “Capisce?” 33 Sure thing 34 Home of the two deepest canyons in the Americas (each 11,500+ feet)

40 Response at the door

41 Gave off, in a way

42 ___ Hall 43 Change in writing

44 ’Tis the season to be jolly

45 Kind of rock 46 Behind 47 2008 animated film with the tagline “He’s got a monster of a problem” 48 Barents Sea sight

49 Quad part 52 Stone 53 “Absolument!”