The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Vivacious

7 White Russians, e.g.

15 "That just clicked"

16 Competitor on "MasterChef"

17 Can't they all just git along?

18 High station

19 Lands resoundingly

20 Eponymous Milwaukee brewer Frederick

21 Cue word

22 Intend

23 Deep shade of blue

24 Something that many people share

25 Dodgers' foes, for short

26 Film with the tagline "In space, no one can hear you clean"

27 Presented with a ticket

28 "Heard enough?"

31 Request to chat

32 Option for claustrophobic patients

36 Book it! 38 London dunderhead

41 ___ van Rossum, programmer who created the Python language

42 Lead-in to location

43 Ideal for home theaters, for short

44 Notably circular formations on Mars

45 Cup alternative

46 Ruckus

47 ___ table

48 Flowers that are a source of the antiinflammatory drug colchicine

49 Afghan region whose name means "black cave"

51 Gathering like Brick Fest Live, informally

52 Encouraging signs in the market

53 Cold weather outerwear

54 Longtime name in Top 40 radio

55 Stereotypical beatnik accessories

Down

1 Demerit

2 Onetime treat with chocolate creme and vanilla cookies

3 Cinderella's calling card

4 Under cut?

5 Winemaking sediment

6 Thick envelope during admissions season, say

7 For a song

8 Pictures where people are headscarfed?

9 Off

10 "Take Me or Leave Me" musical

11 Off

12 "Death Be Not Proud," for one

13 On tap

14 Oblique

20 Court order?

23 Practices photodynamic therapy on

24 Bearings

26 Older companion?

27 Philosophy profession

29 Didn't shrink

30 Pieces of punditry

33 Nothing to write home about

34 Mac, for example

35 "Zero stars"

37 Present for the approval of

38 Show stopper?

39 Not clean, in a way

40 Black heart?

44 Didgeridoo sound

45 Recipient of the inaugural Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

47 Many a tencode user

48 Cup alternative

50 Azimuth, e.g.

51 Check

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