The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Base for many a chef’s rose garnish 7 Big name in Irish whiskey 14 Self-titled 1961 debut album 15 Barbecue variety featuring vinegarbased sauces 16 Attend by oneself 17 Approximate proportion of the world’s population that lives on an island 18 Spots 19 Main issues? 21 Easter activities 23 Some “Grey’s Anatomy” settings, for short 27 Game 28 Bugs used to be seen on it 29 Trounce 30 Reduce in intensity 31 Market built around short-term engagements 33 Cranial : skull :: brachial : ___ 34 Early arrival 35 “___ Death” (2006-10 Fox sitcom) 36 Frank type 38 It may rise in anger 39 Feeling akin to the German “Weltschmerz” 40 Long 41 “Critique of Pure Reason” philosopher 42 Leave agape 43 Skort circuit? 45 Former home of the Seattle SuperSonics 47 Follower of Marx? 50 Information on a game box 53 Title pig of children’s literature 55 Chef in a grocery store 56 They have chairs at the circus 57 Siberian stretches 58 Lively wit

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1 Accompaniment at an Indian restaurant 2 Major-league All-Star turned TV analyst, informally 3 List of frozen assets? 4 Member of the Addams Family 5 Long, thick and unkempt 6 Titular comic strip character from the A.D. 800s 7 Grammy-nominated singer who made her on-screen film debut in “Moonlight” 8 Spheres 9 Title whose name comes from the Greek for “alone” 10 Something Cap’n Crunch has 11 ___ tax 12 It’s on the St. Lawrence: Abbr. 13 Casual turndown 15 Job requirement, often 20 Bygone parts of newspapers with local gossip 22 “Wowzers!” 24 Tributary of the Hudson 25 Site in Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco, for short 26 Barber 27 One raising an issue 29 Down state? 30 Nursery contents 31 Miracle-___ 32 Part of a pack, in slang 34 Symbol for the golden ratio 37 Bass-heavy hybrid music genre 38 Two before 34-Down 41 Tree huggers Down Under 43 Paul of the old “Hollywood Squares” 44 Bond backed by the govt. 46 Big name in Old West justice 48 Tech assistant 49 A boom might come out of it 50 Core part, informally 51 Pulled a fast one on 52 Rebus symbol for a pronoun 54 Small annoyance