Crossword
ACROSS
1 Early finisherʼs luxury 12 Word heard before a hike 15 Paper Mate introduced one in 1979 16 Hearth debris 17 Mock question of literacy 18 Poeʼs __ Morgue 19 Casual greeting 20 Struggle with oneʼs sins? 21 Vicuña cousins 23 __ pit 24 Trap 25 Set out 28 Relay 29 Some memory triggers 30 Polite gesture from Alice 33 Malicious gossip 34 Actions to avoid 35 “The Hound of the Baskervilles” setting 36 Trial results 38 “Nobody Listens to __ Poundstone”: comedy podcast 39 Not on the ball 40 Spacely Space Sprockets employee 41 Some pending cases 43 French bean? 44 Twist in pain 45 Play the sycophant to, with “over” 46 Ms. Pac-Man ghost 49 Hedonistʼs goal 50 Bossʼs unsettling request 53 A, to Amélie 54 Barcelona star 55 “__ Miz” 56 Thurible go-with
DOWN
1 Modern fixer 2 Hymn singerʼs wrath? 3 Loads 4 Part of i.e. 5 Musical family including James and Livingston 6 One behind a violist, maybe 7 Wintry nuisance 8 BOLO target 9 Clintʼs Clyde, in a 1978 movie 10 Dreamersʼ opposites 11 Circular, in a way 12 Like Pentatonix numbers 13 Expected 14 What we have here 22 Sailorʼs shout 23 Strict disciplinarian 24 Play things 25 __-Frank: 2010 financial reform bill 26 Singer Brickell 27 Natural-born quillers? 28 Like Nash poetry 30 Brewery in Golden, Colorado 31 Short court plea 32 Popʼs ma 34 Focused 37 One of Kenyaʼs official languages 38 Honey or sugar 40 The Dresden Green and The Graff Pink 41 Not good at all 42 Cut back 43 Occupied 45 Okay 46 Just okay 47 Space bear 48 Change the narrative? 51 “Funky Cold Medina” rapper Tone __ 52 Pathological liarʼs creation