The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Temper, in a way
8 Experiment subjects
15 Passed on
16 Founding member of the Justice League
17 Boiling point?
18 Rap group with six Grammys
19 Nail
20 Rustic expanse
21 Who’s first?
22 “Your call”
24 Predominant language in Darjeeling
25 Places where drivers get tickets
29 Term of endearment
30 Recharge, perhaps
31 Pounded paste
32 Pollen repositories
36 Fruitarianism and others
41 What happens after a zany plot twist
44 Appeared
45 Toughens
47 “Madonna of the Pinks” artist
49 Constrictive creature
50 He wrote “All that we see or seem / Is but a dream within a dream”
51 Parent’s peremptory “reason”
52 Combo component
54 Least giving
55 Straightaway
56 “Borat” and others
57 Contemporaries of the Pharisees and Sadducees
DOWN
1 City that’s home to the Mausoleum of Aga Khan
2 Bit of winter knitwear
3 Online reference
4 The American Messenger Co., today
5 Oafish
6 Passed on, in a way
7 13th-century literary work
8 Borderer of the Mekong
9 “Summa Theologica” philosopher
10 Usual suspect?
11 What pros usually do
12 “It all gets done somehow”
13 Moves two pieces at once, in a way
14 Interweave
23 Slip
26 Try to bite
27 Small perk
28 Expedition hiree
32 Muslim magistrates
33 Low-cost carrier based in Kuala Lumpur
34 Low-budget pictures?
35 Dish often served with soy sauce
36 Soft touch
37 Arch supports
38 Willing subjects
39 Calendar abbr.
40 Enters gradually
42 Anthology
43 She accompanied Ferris on his day off
46 “The Battle of the ___” (D. W. Griffith film)
48 A ton
49 Term of endearment 53 Jubilant cry