N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

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1 Something that might be built around a police station 8 Hen tracks 15 Came aboard, in a way 16 Longrunning Joel McHale show on E! 17 Not free 18 Seedy place 19 Bengali who won the 1913 Literature Nobel 20 Small glass disk used as an ornament in a stainedglass window 21 Melted munchie 22 Kind of bean 23 Follower of a team 24 Rear 25 Source of anago sushi 27 Golf units: Abbr. 28 Roughly half of all binary code 29 “Friendly staff” or “For a limited time only” 31 Swallowing worry in an old wives’ tale 36 Potential libel defendant 37 Next ___ 38 Latin trio leader 41 No-brainers? 42 Call from the lobby, perhaps 43 “Utopia” writer, 1516 45 “___ thou love me?”: Juliet 46 Completely block 47 “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary,” per Vladimir Horowitz 49 Steve Buscemi’s role in “Reservoir Dogs” 50 Reveal 51 Tripleplatinum Lady Gaga hit of 2011 52 Longtime fitness guru Jack 53 Keep close relations? 54 Part of a physical 55 Common dorm room decorations 1 Words of explanation 2 Something sweet potatoes provide 3 Brightly colored marine fish 4 Three albums bound together, e.g. 5 Heroworship, say 6 Jazz pianist Allison 7 Raid target 8 Forte 9 Directive in tennis after oddnumbered games 10 On a pension: Abbr. 11 Lent symbols 12 Unclear, as thinking 13 Put off guard 14 Blender settings 20 Goes without a leash 22 A child can have a blast with it 25 People ruled by an elective monarchy 26 ___ al Khaymah (one of U.A.E.’s seven emirates) 30 Isolate 32 Go head-tohead with? 33 Doctor’s patient, e.g. 34 Create a tunnel beneath 35 “The Brady Bunch” bunch 38 Shot glass? 39 Béchamel sauce with Gruyère added 40 Font of knowledge 44 Brilliance 46 Easily outscores 48 What calisthenics improve 49 One up front? 51 Highpitched cry