THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Kindly 7 Absorbed, with “up” 13 State south of Veracruz 14 Upwards of 170 beats per minute 15 Thanksgiving phrase 17 Mario Vargas Llosa’s home 18 Pluses 19 Somerhalder of “The Vampire Diaries” 21 Newcastle and others 22 Absorbed 23 Sister of the grand duchess Anastasia 24 Capacity 25 [Wrong] 27 ___ shooting 28 What this sign warns of: 29 Parts of a Nativity scene 30 Having roared too much, say 31 Highest-paid TV star of 2014, by far 33 Half of some partnerships 36 “When You’re Good to ___” (“Chicago” tune) 37 Bit of honey, perhaps: Abbr. 40 Classic diva performances? 41 Minor inventions 42 Second-largest moon of Saturn 43 Relative of -kin 44 Unkindly 45 Goes off 46 Pigtails and ponytails 47 Monster in the “Odyssey” 50 On the money 51 Thanksgiving phrase 54 Eastern terminus of the Erie Canal 55 Actual first name of Tom Seaver and Orson Welles 56 Holds on 57 Idlers DOWN 1 Big citrus fruits 2 Honors 3 Pretext 4 “That hits the spot” 5 Put one over on 6 Disburden 7 Bit of perfume 8 Sermonize 9 What bench presses enhance 10 Symbol for Freud’s field 11 Merchandiser that’s never closed 12 Doctors’ orders 16 Thanksgiving phrase 17 Take a coat off 20 Statistician Silver 23 Word that can be a noun, verb, adjective, adverb or interjection 25 Directed 26 Big name in boots 27 Word before bread or water 29 Tousle 30 Operates per- fectly 31 Coffee sack material 32 Skewer 33 Went like lightning 34 It meets the Shenandoah at Harper’s Ferry 35 Beat in the market 37 Over and done with 38 Clothing items with fringes 39 Over and done with 41 Visits by Voyager 1, e.g. 42 Counter with a sharp edge 44 One use for marzipan 47 Certain JPEG 48 Hangs back 49 Writer about Cro-Magnons and Neanderthals 52 Hitter’s stat 53 Corp. manager