“Open Letters” — a themeless 58-worder.

ACROSS

1 Trees lining the new Malahat Skywalk on Vancouver Island, B.C. (a spiral ramp tower with optional slide to the bottom) 10 Surname in a nursery rhyme with platter licking

15 To the point

16 “It’s ___ of passage”

17 2010 statute nickname whose real initials are hidden in the name

18 Sounds in certain specialty cafÈs

19 One with interior motives? 20 Realm of influence 21 Employs a hive mentality? 22 “La f’e ___” (fanciful term for absinthe, based on the color) 23 Sticks it out

24 Run, as a forklift 26 Maneuvers famously pulled off by rapper Lil Uzi Vert

29 You might use one to play Breakout

33 Second, for instance

34 Word that ends many yoga classes

35 Puzzle magazine with a “Pencilwise” section

40 Grey Goose rival, familiarly 41 ___ tetrameter (poetic verse used in works like “’Twas the Night Before Christmas”, using an unstressed/unstressed/stressed pattern)

45 Film critic Kenneth who stepped down from the L.A. Times in 2020 46 Notable feature of “Careless Whisper”

47 “Fame” singer/actress Cara 48 Brit who imparts vitality (though the battery brand’s spelled with a Z) 49 Observes Ramadan, in a way 50 State where the soft drink Mountain Dew was first formulated 51 What some collars ward off 52 Participants in the Singing Revolution (1987-1991)

DOWN

1 Like eels and flukes, biologically 2 Brazilian gymnast Andrade, gold medalist in the vault in Tokyo 3 Modified leaves on flower stems 4 Maximal

5 “Toddlers & ___”

6 Cooper title character

7 Former Pacific defense gp.

8 “The Smartest Guys in the Room” subject

9 Site that bills itself as “The world’s best music blog”

10 Hindu scripture that contains melodies and chants 11 Demonstrate deservingness in advance

12 1959 western with Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson 13 Nervously excited

14 SAT takers, e.g. (and not... body parts)

25 Legendary footballer

26 Go (through), as evidence 27 Nice private discussion? 28 Actress Dolenz

29 Note that sounds like B double flat

30 Residents of one of the Lesser Sunda Islands in Southeast Asia

31 Loser of a mythological footrace

32 Optimistic quality

33 Fluid, as a dancer’s motion 35 CNN senior political analyst David who advised four administrations

36 Saint Francis’s home

37 Peak near Olympus

38 Title name on the 1982 album “Too-Rye-Ay”

39 Sports recap feature 42 Geese on the Big Island

43 In regard to, old-style 44 Movie aired when there’s often nothing on?