The New York Times crossword puzzle
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1 Cover for a Muslim woman’s face 6 1-Across wearer, e.g. 10 Ones passing notes? 14 Toughen 15 Pseudonym of Freud’s famed hysteria patient 16 Dismiss unceremoniously 17 Stir up 18 Really, informally 19 Mister abroad 20 Bank opening? 21 Dims 23 Cosmopolitan place 24 They’re 50-50 26 Epoch when horses first appeared 28 Course material, maybe 29 Religious grp. observing Family Home Evening 30 Lead-in to an exalted leader’s name 31 Don Juans 33 Publishing option when all else fails 34 Things some people need to get off their backs 35 Some Medal of Honor recipients 36 Faxon who won a 2011 screenwriting Oscar 37 Sch. yardstick 40 8:00-6:00 routines, say 41 Pea soup 43 What you might hear halting speech in, for short 44 Toughens 46 Fly-by-night? 47 Moving walkway maker 49 Willy of the “Free Willy” movies, e.g. 50 Section one 51 Ends up with 52 Starter on square a1, h1, a8 or h8 53 Cubes 54 Singer who has recorded in Tolkien’s Elvish language 55 Old 56 See 42-Down 1 Two of Ferdinand VII’s wives, to Ferdinand VII 2 How many experiments are done 3 Like Yogi Berra, often 4 “Little Miss Sunshine” Oscar winner 5 Fancier of melliferous plants 6 Net Nanny no-nos 7 Pre-bout wear 8 Scope 9 Instruments for old street musicians 10 What a firefighter might leave footprints in 11 N.F.L. recordholder for most retired jersey numbers 12 “Honey, I
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Shrunk the Kids” star 13 Chestnut 21 A tot often goes out in the middle of it 22 Nail polish removers, e.g. 25 You might give them away after burning them 27 “As elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you could find anywhere outside an advertising agency,” per Raymond Chandler 30 Tahoe, e.g. 31 Jacques ___, French psychoanalyst who studied hysteria 32 Its motto is “Excelsior”: Abbr. 33 Manliness 34 Sen. Gillibrand 35 When preliminary steps are taken? 37 Experience of riding a roller coaster 38 Vase maker 39 Shocked 41 Look inside? 42 With 56-Across, a smartphone notification 45 Sock attachment? 48 Org. with an annual list of top baby names 50 Reason for some averted looks, for short