N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Perennial loser 8 Event featured in every Summer Olympics 14 Automatics lack them 16 Captured by cameras, maybe 17 Pasta with ribs 18 “Charmed” actress Milano 19 Touch 20 Washington insider, informally 21 Alongside 22 Singing ability, informally 24 Protective garment 26 S.&P. rating 27 Made objections 30 Pet 31 Pier group? 34 High tops? 35 Traditional holiday meals 36 Extraction targets 37 Nullifies 38 Greek vowel 39 Southwest language 41 Classes 45 Shortlegged item of furniture 47 Montreal is part of it: Abbr. 50 Playwright who wrote “Hell is full of musical amateurs” 51 Grammys competitor 52 Fully ready 54 Musical with the song “Beauty School Dropout” 55 Advance copy sent to a critic 56 Mailroom device 57 Brand sold by Sears

DOWN 1 Throw away 2 Whodunit story? 3 Managed to find 4 Chartered financial institutions 5 Do one’s part 6 Martial arts film hit 7 Numberpicking game 8 Popular backache remedy 9 Blue arm 10 Moon of Pluto discovered in 2012 11 Pair in “Carmen” 12 Flight destination? 13 Beach grass that prevents erosion 15 Optimists’ discoveries 23 Fabric with diagonal lines 25 Rostand who wrote about Cyrano 28 Onetime owner of Skype 29 Opposite of spread out, as a paper 30 Alpha Centauri, for one 31 From now on 32 ___ regni 33 Large, shallow pan 34 Fink’s portrayer in “Barton Fink” 35 IDs tied to one digit 39 “Siddhartha” novelist 40 Webfooted creature 42 Vinyl enthusiast’s need 43 Breathless 44 Delivered an oath? 46 Turin-based automaker 48 Pawn 49 Stories that might not be true 53 Winter home, perhaps