The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Billboard magazine feature 6 Abbr. in skin care 9 Creatures with asymmetrical ears for accuracy in hunting 13 Facts-as-fiction work 16 Some summer arrivals 17 “Join the club!” 18 World’s best-selling contemporary female artist of all time, per Billboard magazine 19 “Who ___?” 20 “So … who wants in on this deal?” 22 Snag 23 Alongside 24 Children in Vienna 26 Costume that might start with a cardboard box 28 Two cents for a paper, perhaps 30 Body with a floor 31 Orchestral instrument that doesn’t make a sound 32 Extension ___ 33 Pass (out) 34 Trinket 36 Unpolished 37 One might be chosen for its perspective 38 Loafers 40 Like hair at salons 42 Bad side 43 Data head? 44 Drummed-up measures? 47 Seasoned rice dish 50 Make a big stink 52 Blue book alternative 54 Actress Sink of “Stranger Things” 55 Say goodbye to many a 34-Across à laMarie Kondo 56 Prunes 57 Destiny’s Child’s “___ My Name” 58 Was appealing? 59 Some time

DOWN

1 Newmark with an eponymous list 2 Series of stakes 3 “Truer words were never spoken!” 4 Word from the Dutch for “talk nonsense” 5 “Claws” channel 6 Trail 7 One way to avoid a lecture 8 Experienced 9 Bygone 10 Makes very uncomfortable, informally 11 They may be tied up in a sequel 12 W-2 ID 14 Are in store 15 Didn’t come through as promised, in slang 21 Not be serious 23 Given (to) 25 Garden tool 27 Summons before congress? 29 More sententious 31 Group with the 2020 #1 album “Be” 32 Country whose official languages are French and Arabic 33 Be super-infatuated with someone 35 Jazz great Laine 36 What a bee may be 39 “To All the ___ I’ve Loved Before” (2018 film) 41 Hoist, redundantly 44 Given a number, maybe 45 Press, e.g. 46 Oozing smarm 47 Fills with fluff 48 One may be floated or rough 49 Liu of “Why Women Kill” 50 Coronation, e.g. 51 – 53 Card display?