N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Helper in a heist 10 Group with rackets 15 U.S. state with the oldest capital city 16 To any degree 17 Newly humble 18 Is in demand 19 Wildly uneven 20 Tokyo-based electronics giant 21 Minor concessions 22 “The Cryptogram” playwright David 23 “Get cracking!” 26 Immoderately priced 28 Shorts go-with 30 Unable to react 31 Rustic dwellers 33 Disinheritor of Cordelia 34 Deity with 99 names 35 Junker 36 Member of a pop duo whose debut album was titled “Whole Oats” 38 ___ mouth 39 Film director Lee 40 Omission statement? 41 Extends a line, say 42 1980s-’90s singer Terence Trent ___ 44 Man of urbanity 45 Gives the slip 46 Dancers in danse macabre imagery 51 Ornamental garment panel 52 Literary term popularized by Sartre 53 Over-thecounter name for naproxen 54 Big name in the mainframe business 55 “Brideshead Revisited” surname 56 Product in pink packets

Down

1 Narrow margin 2 Classic pop 3 Try to beat the buzzer? 4 “My deepest condolences” 5 Bankruptcy declarer of 2013 6 Off the hook 7 Some M&M’s 8 Excellent, slangily 9 Silent signals 10 Cause of black eyes? 11 Crack squad 12 Wood choppers of old 13 “X” signer 14 Furthermore 22 Quadratics, e.g. 23 Rita Hayworth film briefly featured in “The Shawshank Redemption” 24 Perfect match 25 Put down, in a way, as a group of rioters 26 What plangonologists collect 27 Bibliographer’s abbr. 29 Awards show since 1993 31 Honor an honoree, say 32 Nobody’s home 34 Hearty greeting? 37 Bisque bit 38 Biscotto bit 41 One of baseball’s Alous 43 One of Chaucer’s pilgrims 44 “Capeesh?” 45 Unreliable narrator 46 Alveoli, e.g. 47 Have in mind? 48 Like some lockets 49 Husband of ancient Rome’s Poppaea Sabina 50 Big bunch