Crossword

No. 0411

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

PUZZLE BY ERIK AGARD AND WYNA LIU