The New York Times Edited by Will Shortz No. 0123

ACROSS 1 Bands popular in the ’70s 10 Uses a letter opener on 15 Later on, when appropriate 16 “The Pirates of Penzance” ingénue 17 Is resolute 18 Grammy winner with the surname Adkins 19 National _ _ _ Hall of Fame, in Rochester, N.Y. 20 Flip, say 21 Esther of TV’s “Good Times” 22 “Breaking Bad” protagonist 23 Offer sheet? 25 Refresh, in a way 28 “Quit your bickering!” 29 Left on deck 30 Reached the point of no return? 33 Like many Ariz. residents 34 Fraught with risk 35 Gubernatorial option 36 Snow-capped peak of song 38 Yellowstone traffic halters 39 One going paperless in April, say 40 Gags 41 Once-common mall fixtures 43 Nut chewed as a stimulant 44 Harshly colorful 45 Certain computer key 47 Face-covering dance move 50 Star N.F.L. receiver ___ Beckham Jr. 51 “Stoned Soul Picnic” songwriter 53 Counterpart of butch 54 Language in which “Hello, how are you?” is “Saluton, kiel vi fartas?” 55 Its penultimate line is “Poems are made by fools like me” 56 Franchise with the “Dominating the Deep” DVD set DOWN 1 Sight in a produce aisle 2 “I’m _ _ _ you!” 3 Danny ___ , ventriloquist dummy for Jimmy Nelson 4 Pressure over a debt 5 Second or third version 6 “Life _ _ _” (2014 Roger Ebert documentary) 7 Pester playfully 8 Finance co. rebranded as Ally Financial 9 Branch of mathematics that uses “∪ ”and“∩” 10 Brain 11 Classic film that gave us the term “paparazzi” 12 “Pretty sure” 13 Restless movements, maybe 14 Unwelcome forecast 22 “I … I can’t even” 24 Like presses 25 Certain paddy crop 26 Car with a lightning bolt logo 27 French dessert of soft custard 28 Patch growth 30 Things that generate a lot of cookie dough? 31 Early educator of George Orwell 32 Dijon denials 34 Course division 37 Some airplane seats 38 Fortification 40 Traditional wedding vow word 41 Up 42 Showing less refinement 43 Gene who’s considered “the founding father of the modern drum set” 46 Far from deliberate 47 10 micronewtons 48 Museo contents 49 Enter into a calendar 52 “Thanks anyway, pardner”