The New York Times Crossword

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ACROSS

1 Office held five times by Julius Caesar

7 Not physically, say

15 Program commemorated on the back of the Eisenhower dollar coin

16 Do some wedding planning

17 Withdraw

18 Preposterous

19 Word with club or queen

20 Stuff, but not junk

21 Where “the cheese stands alone,” in a classic song

22 They’re tops to Scots

23 Lug

25 Faulty: Prefix

26 Grow up

27 Color not generated by light

29 Very nearly resemble

31 Livened (up)

35 Picked up

36 Sushi chef’s tasting menu

37 Literally, “substitute”

38 Midwife’s focus in the third stage of labor

39 Dazzling skill

41 2019 World Series winner, in brief

42 Org. with clubs, in two senses

45 “Anything!”

46 Veronica ___, author of the “Divergent” trilogy

47 Orange candleflower, for example

49 “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” for one

50 Expert with picks

51 “Whatever you say &”

53 ___ chai (Indian beverage)

54 Short hooking pitch

55 Eventually

56 Herbalists’ panaceas

57 Muscle connectors

DOWN

1 Setting for drinks and deals

2 Met someone?

3 Policy around (the publicity- shy, say

4 In-verse functions?

5 It runs up the arm

6 Offering for a developer

7 Capital of ancient Persia

8 In an elegant way

9 Canny

10 Campaign fund- raising letters

11 “That ___ love thee, Caesar, O, ’tis true”: Shak.

12 Tore

13 Where 23-Down was coined

14 Flushes, e.g., in poker

20 Gloucester catch

23 The art of appearing effortlessly nonchalant

24 Institution roughly

two millennia old

27 Submitted

28 It started in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports

30 Allure

32 Salvo from Old Ironsides

33 Acts of will?

34 Sci-fi effects that are beyond stunning

36 Source of some nostalgia

38 Many human anatomy students

40 Unlikely to pontificate, say

42 Some ribbons and shells

43 Congee, e.g.

44 Coming in waves, in a way

46 Up now

48 Barrier against burrowers

50 Digital job, in brief

52 Match

53 1-12: Abbr.