The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 “___ Serenades” ( 1952 jazz album) 8 Big news medium 15 Not organized at all 16 Capital near the Great Rift Valley 17 Never 18 1960 Elvis Presley film 19 Business suit 20 Cosmetician Adrien 22 “The Seasons” lithographer 23 Like newspeak and doublethink 26 He wrote “In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable” 30 They may get carried away 31 Out- lying result? 32 Fictional Sicilian town of literature 34 Bibliog. shortener 35 What some presidents are called 37 Over the hill, say 38 Former Toyota model for 36 years 40 Entrance line 42 Cut- rate, commercially 44 Gran Bretagna or Nuova Guinea 45 Cato’s craft 47 State in which “That ’ 70s Show” was set: Abbr. 48 Editor ___ A. Talese 49 Kind of hub or port 52 New mint product of 2000 56 Sierra Nevada brew 57 Rock groups? 58 “Again, but slower”

Down

1 Wave creator 2 Dumb as ___ 3 Jazz saxophonist Buddy 4 One who might steal a kiss 5 Layer that scratches 6 Colorful talkers 7 Sousa’s “El Capitan,” e. g. 8 Brad’s partner in 2005’ s “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” 9 Like many rebates 10 Part of a supporting cage 11 “Journey to the Center of the Earth” actress 12 Forbidding 13 Cynical reply 14 Chantilly’s department 21 Answer, in court 24 MASH figures 25 Suit- making grp.? 26 Barre hop? 27 Like moonstones 28 Light brown 29 Bump on a log 30 ___ hall 33 Stuff in many 57- Across 35 Like lunatics’ laughter 36 Not acclimate properly 39 Dale Evans, e. g. 41 Staple of latenight talk 43 Oldman’s “JFK” role 44 Corralled 45 Words of concurrence 46 “Groundhog Day” director 50 Nixon and Brezhnev signed it in ’ 72 51 French shipyard city 53 “Whose woods these ___ think …”: Frost 54 Thermal lead- in 55 Start of treason?