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Sat, Mar 22, 2014 by NYTimes

Across

  1. 1. Passed in a blur, say
  2. 7. Develops gradually
  3. 15. Smoking
  4. 16. Change-making
  5. 17. Where to look for self-growth
  6. 18. Obsolescent storage device
  7. 19. Historic first name in W.W. II
  8. 20. Locale of three presidential libraries
  9. 21. Fried
  10. 22. One often behind bars
  11. 24. Ditch
  12. 25. Doesn't carry on
  13. 26. Oxygen's lack
  14. 27. Rescuer of Princess Peach
  15. 28. Near: Fr.
  16. 29. Churchyard gravedigger
  17. 30. Signs of things to come
  18. 34. Truckloads
  19. 35. Hard to grasp
  20. 36. Remains after the aging process
  21. 37. Opposite of 28-Down
  22. 38. Santa's reindeer, e.g.
  23. 39. Some sharp words
  24. 43. Lou's "La Bamba" co-star
  25. 44. Concord concoction
  26. 46. Many a "Meet the Press" guest, informally
  27. 47. Swindler's moola
  28. 48. Hiked
  29. 49. She had a single-season stint on "The View"
  30. 51. Many a worker at Union Pacific headquarters
  31. 52. Like Enterprise vehicles
  32. 53. Fired up?
  33. 54. Best, as friends
  34. 55. One of Leakey's "Trimates"

Down

  1. 1. Decorated band along a wall
  2. 2. "Reality leaves a lot to the imagination" speaker
  3. 3. He directed Bela Lugosi in "Bride of the Monster"
  4. 4. High rollers, in casino lingo
  5. 5. Cheap, shoddy merchandise
  6. 6. Financial statement abbr.
  7. 7. Outdoor wedding settings
  8. 8. Alchemist's offering
  9. 9. Green party V.I.P.?
  10. 10. Three Stooges creator Healy and others
  11. 11. Concourse abbr.
  12. 12. Personalize for
  13. 13. Picture
  14. 14. Troopers' toppers
  15. 20. Almanac info
  16. 23. Large pack
  17. 24. Get set to take off
  18. 27. What an 18-Across's capacity is measured in, briefly
  19. 28. Opposite of 37-Across
  20. 29. Message sometimes written below "F"
  21. 30. Regular embarkation location
  22. 31. Series starter
  23. 32. Left
  24. 33. "___ se habla español"
  25. 34. Did an entrechat
  26. 36. Flier
  27. 38. Voice lesson subjects
  28. 39. Protection for flowers in bud
  29. 40. Socially dominant sorts
  30. 41. Dirty rat
  31. 42. Biggest city on the smallest continent
  32. 44. Diving bird
  33. 45. Mammoth
  34. 47. Cookout irritant
  35. 50. ___ root (math quantity)
  36. 51. Bungler

This puzzle was published on Saturday, Mar 22, 2014 in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. Edited by Will Shortz.

— NYTimes

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