The New York Times Crossword

Answers below

ACROSS

1 Beaming

10 Sounds of melodrama 14 Wind up alone? 15 Mideast capital

16 Fuzzy exotic pet 17 Performed by the whole ensemble, in music

18 Ruler often seen in a robe

19 Classified in levels 21 Word with tie or fly 22 Sign by a highway exit 23 Hens, but not roosters 24 Big container

25 Yoga pose with arms extended and legs folded over the head 27 Where a flask might be kept

28 High-speed commuter option

30 Court ruling?

31 Like the Lilliputians 32 Trend for unengaged employees

35 Twist

36 O, on a letter

37 Hall mate?

38 Social media influencer Addison ___ 39 Stephen Sondheim’s “The Worst ___ in London”

40 Frequent conspiracy subject

41 Pops

43 Invention originally used as a yellow dye, in brief

44 Baby bat

47 The Traveling Wilburys or Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

50 Track selection 51 Conceited sorts 52 In concert

54 Match up

55 It makes a spin around a dance floor

56 Disdainful sounds 57 One-sided dice?

DOWN

1 Caption in a comparison ad

2 “Me ___ …” (Spanish for “My name is …”) 3 Sensational

4 Lead

5 “___ Explain Things to Me,” influential 2014 essay collection by Rebecca Solnit

6 Question of legitimacy 7 “___ and the Good Book” (1958 jazz album)

8 Monthly with a palindromic name

9 Fly

10 Like some teenagers and pasta

11 At stake

12 DC Comics weapons, one of which can be seen at the

Smithsonian

13 Passes with ease

15 Suck it!

20 Overwhelming and needing time for consideration

22 It’s a blast

24 Facial concealer

25 Good words, so to speak

26 Natural necklace 28 These might help people take deep breaths

29 Bacon or pancetta

31 One of the Jackson brothers

33 “___ pasa?”

34 First president to own a car

35 Grumpy toward

39 Break into bits

42 Gives (out)

43 Southern city that was once home to

Black Wall Street

44 Philippine island that’s home to Iloilo

45 Scrooge, to Donald Duck

46 Some spa treatments 48 Exposure units

49 Lena of “Alias”

50 Place for a ring

53 Place for a ring