The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Modest qualifier, online 5 Sling 9 Where it’s at 13 Easy kill in Fortnite, say 14 ___ days 16 Nabe 17 Problems with pay or paper 18 Information in a shopping guide 20 End of some business names 22 Media pro 23 Rides into battle 25 Grease 26 Bratty kid 27 Bomb 28 U.N. agcy. headquartered in Geneva 31 Many a staffer for a late-night show 34 “Keen!” 35 Musical alter ego of Donald Glover 37 Minute 38 Relatives of water skis 39 Go soft, in a way 40 Rocker Joan 41 Lights or darks, e.g. 42 One way to take stock? 43 Gardeners’ tools 46 Beer with an astronomical name 49 What Brits call a “saloon” 50 Cookout option for a vegetarian 53 Last option on a survey 54 Corvine : crows :: strigine : ___ 55 Word said with a handshake 56 Lip, in slang 57 When doubled, “I heard you the first time” 58 Cartoonish wail 59 Hullabaloo

DOWN

1 Worshipers of the rain god Illapa 2 Knight’s need 3 Office-sharing system, in modern lingo 4 To an excessive degree 5 One-sixth of a fl. oz. 6 One might make a splash 7 Possible insight for a psychologist 8 Irreverence 9 Exactly 10 Sci-fi beam makeup 11 Packed with plasticware, perhaps 12 The plot of Genesis? 15 Deserving of condemnation 19 Extend, as an employment contract 21 “Bridesmaids” co-star Chris 24 Tries and fails 28 Getting a strange vibe 29 Helper 30 Plains people 31 Hwy. crossings 32 North/South divide, with “the” 33 Feels no remorse 34 They get big bucks from big Bucks 36 Climates 40 Part of a frame job? 42 Pet peeve? 44 Businesswoman Zuckerberg, sister of Mark 45 Not look so good? 46 Break-dancer, in slang 47 Home-improvement chain eponym 48 Where Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played college ball 51 Prefix with system 52 Counterpart of FF