The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Queen’s music 12 Film developer?: Abbr. 15 “Hasta la

vista!” 16 Musician with the 2012 album “Lux” 17 Allows someone to walk, say 18 Big gun on a

ship: Abbr. 19 Oxford, e.g., to

its students 20 Michael of

“Juno” 21 Oxide used in picture tubes 23 “A person who talks when you wish him to listen,” per Ambrose Bierce 24 Lead 25 Shots 28 Coddle, e.g. 29 Shack 30 Artistic friend

of Zola 31 Sharpshooter’s

skill 32 Poet Wilfred

___ 33 Out of gear? 34 Buchanan in a

bookstore 35 Word of logic 36 Moving day

multitude 37 Governor or senator follower 38 Caught in a

web 40 Certain book,

sizewise 41 Makes out 42 Secure neatly,

as an umbrella 43 Pioneer in the Nevada gaming industry 44 One of its categories is Agency of the Year 45 With 46-Down, two-in-one movie players 48 It’s often an oxide 49 Something avoided in a factory outlet 52 Washington and McKinley: Abbr. 53 Commute, in a

way 54 Replies of

confusion 55 Stick here and

there

Down

1 Archaeologists often find what they’re looking for in this 2 Counterfeiter fighter, informally 3 Isao of golf 4 At full term 5 “No worries” 6 Comes out with 7 Skiing twins’

surname 8 Sister of Phoebe, in myth 9 “Or softly lightens ___ her face”: Byron 10 Like many kids’ self-made greeting cards 11 Didn’t let oneself go, say 12 Lead-in to some written advice 13 Blurred 14 Option for a

marinara base 22 Not too big

a jerk 23 Old bomber 24 A lot of what makes you you 25 Checked in with loved ones, say 26 Exclamation that might be punctuated “??!?” 27 Put too much weight on 28 Like some

potato chips 30 Ceilings 33 From the

Union 34 Hebrew for “to

the skies” 36 Rival of Captain Morgan 37 Abba’s music 39 ___ Tamid (ever-burning synagogue lamp) 40 Thick spreads 42 Ace on a base 44 Give up 45 One of its fragrances is Poison 46 See

45-Across 47 Rink fooler 50 Small warbler 51 Inits. of Thoreau’s mentor

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