The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 ___ shoes (ballet wear) 7 Museum installations 13 Asok in “Dilbert,” e.g. 14 Farm feed holder 15 Holds back, for now 16 1972 hit with the lyric “You can bend but never break me” 17 Nail site 18 Strong objection 20 It. is in it 21 Spinning out of control 23 Impersonated 24 Historic town in SE Connecticut 25 ___ Kapoor, “Slumdog Millionaire” actor 27 Skewers 28 Design of park land requiring minimal water 32 Gymnast who won all-around gold in Rio 33 Computer crash cause 34 Word after half or before size 35 Fill 36 What a jam is packed with 40 Labrador greeting 41 Lived in a love nest 44 Lord Byron, notably, in his personal life 46 Rose Bowl and others 47 Tampa-to-Naples dir. 48 Big part of Greenland 50 Glorification 52 Knee injury common among athletes 53 Ready to face another day, say 54 Rubes, north of the border 55 Dawns
DOWN
1 It has a stigma 2 Like some bagels and dips 3 Grp. troubleshooting a 33-Across 4 Platform for early Zelda games, for short 5 Travel in large numbers 6 Feeling akin to Weltschmerz 7 Group that 5-Downs 8 Its spirit may be broken 9 In a bit, to bards 10 Fast times? 11 Classification for violent video games 12 Ecclesiastical jurisdictions 14 Pasta dinner staple 16 “Obviously!” 19 To whom a conductor reports 22 Like much locker room humor 26 Retreat 27 Go through 29 Pre-hosp. childbirth aide, often 30 Graceful antlered animals 31 Intifada grp. 32 Petroleum substitutes 33 It blows across the Mediterranean 34 One who’s blackballed 37 What a pop-up link might lead to 38 Shade akin to chestnut 39 Interstate numbers 42 Widely used antibiotic brand 43 Wife of Mike Pence 45 Italia’s Casa d’___ 46 High ___ 49 “Death Becomes ___” (Meryl Streep film) 51 Jerk