The New York Times crossword puzzle

No. 0831

Across

1 Fancyschmancy 5 Brownish pear 9 Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon 13 Dos and dos and dos and dos 14 Locale of Drake University 15 Classic TV character whose name is Spanish for “fool” 16 Plus sign? 19 “Here!” 20 Impression that’s only skindeep? 21 What many Americans do on Thanksgiving 23 Strain 24 ___ punk (music hybrid) 25 French author Georges 26 Cleanup grp. 28 Some skin care products 29 1980s feminist coinage regarding nuclear proliferation 33 French tennis player and fashion icon 34 Give a little bit 35 Wee, informally 36 Bon ___

37 Big name in insurance since 1853 41 ABC, e.g., in Variety-speak 42 Leader of the Autumn Harvest Uprising, 1927 44 Brand in the dairy aisle 46 Winning an Oscar, Emmy and Tony, for an actor 49 More sharp 50 “Help me with this problem” 52 Gets creaky, say 53 Viscous 54 Squeezes (by) 55 James in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 56 What Denver’s airport has a special carousel for 57 Like Leo XIII among all popes named Leo

Down

1 Recovery period 2 Stretch between two pitches, say 3 One of a pair at a dinner table 4 Putting duct tape on a wart, e.g. 5 What a rain forest is rich in 6 [Wow, that’s bad] 7 Clear the decks? 8 What a star may represent 9 Impend 10 Like some exotic plants and prying questions 11 With lots of contrast 12 Many Weird Al Yankovic medleys 15 Apex predator of old, informally 17 ___ together (figuring out) 18 Org. in which Marge becomes involved in a classic 1995 episode of “The Simpsons” 22 Company founded in Palo Alto, Calif., in 2003 27 Softly 28 Honest 30 Spot 31 Time between ordering and food arriving, seemingly 32 Flew 33 Most undersized 34 One of a handful at a bar 35 Complete 38 ___ Ray, co-host of TV’s “Extra” 39 Relatives not in direct line for royal succession 40 Still 42 Cabinetful, informally 43 Coolers, for short 45 Gives a 16-Across 47 Ingredient in a spanakopita pastry 48 Wildly 51 Prefix with dermis