N.Y. Times Crossword Puzzle

Across

1 Modern mail?

11 British ___

14 It ends at 12

15 Main part, often

16 The Bay of Fundy has the largest one in the world 17 Judicial administration?

18 Estadio call

19 Tall and thin

20 Complete, as a crossword

22 Like A through D

24 Having a bad trip, maybe

25 Examine carefully

26 QB who threw a record-tying seven touchdown passes in a single game (1962)

27 W-2 figure 30 Pitcher’s stat

31 “___ out!” 32 Somalia’s locale in Africa

33 Compromise of 1877 figure

34 To-do

35 Split, in a way

36 Southern writer William Gilmore ___

37 Split (up)

38 Fighting directly

40 Nickname in classic jazz

41 “The Bourne Identity” plot device

42 Makes sense of

46 Commercial miscellany

47 Cartoonist Kelly

48 Bug

49 Director-type

50 View from the Sydney Harbour Bridge 53 Hershey brand

54 What a drawer may hold

55 Animal in a comic strip title

56 Running too quickly?

Down

1 It controls the amount of light admitted

2 “The Pearl Fishers” soprano

3 Altiplano locale

4 Soul producer

5 Kicks

6 Downright

7 Cho ___, romantic interest for Harry Potter

8 Twist

9 ___-shaped

10 Moirai, in Greek myth

11 “Big Brother,” for example

12 It includes provision for the admission of new states

13 “A stronger America” sloganeer

15 “The Planets” composer

21 It controls the amount of light admitted

23 ___ Kramer, 2010 Dutch speedskating gold medalist

24 Gives in under pressure

26 “Lookie what I did!”

27 “Can you believe that guy?!”

28 Grateful Dead album whose title reads the same forward and backward 29 Intermediate level in karate

30 Navigator Islands, now

33 Clicked

34 One criterion for sorting

36 Fair

37 “Dude, I got something to tell you …”

39 Verizon, e.g.

40 Widen

42 Short-range missiles

43 Buddhist shrine

44 Big stinger

45 Dog-tired

47 “Now that you mention it …”

51 Sugar ___

52 Vote (for)