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ACROSS 1 Prominent feature of dubstep music 5 Try to avoid an accident, maybe 11 Fields of food? 14 Mass observance 15 Lit from above? 16 It sounds like you 17 Boss 19 Big source of coal: Abbr. 20 Song that Paul McCartney wrote at 16 22 Generic 23 Street ___ 24 Goddess who caused the Trojan women to riot in the “Aeneid” 25 Parting chorus 31 Sinner’s heart? 32 Having a protective

cover, of a sort 33 One side of the

Mideast 34 Wear for a flower

child 35 Something you may

need to get off your chest 38 Provocative

performance 39 Create an icicle, say 40 Heart’s partner 41 Mets’ division, for

short 43 Stance 49 Bordeaux toasting

time 50 Ketchup base 51 Stretch out 52 “Ave Maria,” e.g. 53 “Sure, I’m game” 54 Rock’s ___

Soundsystem 55 Worked (out) 56 Binding exchange

DOWN 1 Base for some ice cream 2 Stadium noisemaker 3 First bishop of Paris 4 Perceived to be 5 Embarrassed 6 They take place in

theaters 7 “The Time Machine” people 8 Sauce thickener 9 Scream one’s head off 10 Start to go down the drain 11 2009 million-selling Justin Bieber release 12 Some vaudeville fare 13 Grassy surface 18 Edge 21 Symbol on a cello or tuba composition 26 Slide presentation? 27 Mature 28 Historic computer 29 Famed cabin site 30 Flight figures, for

short 32 Start of a Saturday

night catchphrase 33 Big cheese wheels? 34 “Walk on the Wild

Side” singer, 1973 35 Like Swiss steak 36 Creamy, whitish dish 37 Relevance 38 Beautifully worded 39 Alaska’s ___ Park

Road 40 Brief period 42 Edge 44 Texter’s

“Alternatively …” 45 Gumshoe Charles 46 “Lucky Jim” author 47 Tie securely 48 Winnebago relative