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NY Times, Sat, Jul 04, 2015 by NYTimes

Across

  1. 1. Mates
  2. 5. Fancies
  3. 10. Zinger
  4. 13. Staple of Mediterranean cuisine
  5. 16. Prefix with biology
  6. 17. Character-building event?
  7. 18. ___ shoe
  8. 19. He became the fastest sprinter in the U.S. in 2009
  9. 20. Goes on and on ... and on
  10. 22. Takes credit?
  11. 23. Job holder?
  12. 24. Flubbed
  13. 27. Former TLC reality show set in a Florida tattoo parlor
  14. 30. Many a catchphrase coiner
  15. 31. "Super Bass" singer Minaj
  16. 32. Inappropriate detail, for short
  17. 33. See 24-Down
  18. 34. What a plot may do
  19. 36. Ring-toss item?
  20. 37. Neighbor of W. Sahara
  21. 38. Badger
  22. 39. Classification for faint stars?
  23. 41. Where "giraffes are insincere," in a Simon & Garfunkel hit
  24. 43. Like many a football player
  25. 44. Dr. No or Mr. Hyde
  26. 45. [Yecch!]
  27. 46. Say hi, in modern lingo
  28. 47. Question before and after "or"
  29. 51. Pink slip
  30. 52. Best turnout ever
  31. 55. Work's counterpart, briefly
  32. 56. Treat with a polar bear in its logo
  33. 57. Finger wag accompanier
  34. 58. Skipping words?
  35. 59. Not merely interested

Down

  1. 1. Not-so-big shot
  2. 2. Glued to something
  3. 3. Earn a treat, say
  4. 4. Stain-removing compound
  5. 5. Was a crybaby
  6. 6. Chills
  7. 7. Actress Cadranel of TV's "Lost Girl"
  8. 8. Musician who's a great-great-grandnephew of Herman Melville
  9. 9. Try to have tried?
  10. 10. Like Stonehenge
  11. 11. Breather?
  12. 12. ___ River, N.J.
  13. 14. Like some rave accessories
  14. 15. Skill used by Obi-Wan Kenobi
  15. 21. Result of a squeeze, briefly
  16. 23. Get within range?
  17. 24. With 33-Across, musical set on the island of Kalokairi
  18. 25. Boob tubes
  19. 26. Wise one
  20. 27. It means very little
  21. 28. Like creepy-crawlies
  22. 29. Pool in a casino
  23. 31. "De ___: A Life" (2014 biography)
  24. 35. Confused
  25. 40. Longtime E Street Band guitarist
  26. 42. Cholesterol panel letters
  27. 43. Eatery known for its celebrity caricatures
  28. 45. They often come down to the wire
  29. 46. Either of two married supersleuths of 1970s-'80s TV
  30. 47. Rent-___
  31. 48. Villainess Vanderwaal of TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
  32. 49. Type tending to drift
  33. 50. "___ not to be"
  34. 53. One adopting the motto "Lux et veritas"
  35. 54. Without any toppings, in restaurant-speak

This puzzle was published on Saturday, Jul 04, 2015 in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. Edited by Will Shortz.

— NYTimes

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