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NY Times, Fri, Aug 28, 2015 by NYTimes

Across

  1. 1. Prepare for a court battle
  2. 9. 1987 B'way smash
  3. 15. Common court battle
  4. 16. Wild
  5. 17. Tell the world
  6. 18. On-deck approval
  7. 19. Locale of the American Red Cross headquarters in Washington
  8. 20. Shapes up quickly
  9. 21. Places for life-and-death decisions, for short
  10. 22. Season ticket holder, presumably
  11. 23. Fried rice bit
  12. 24. Obfuscate
  13. 27. Cousin of a pollock
  14. 28. Barely communicates on a smartphone?
  15. 30. Prankster's activity
  16. 31. Prankster's claim
  17. 33. Rush target
  18. 34. Chimichurri ingredient
  19. 35. ___ good job
  20. 36. Group on a yearbook page
  21. 38. Many a bachelorette party hiree
  22. 39. Star of the sitcom "Wanda at Large"
  23. 40. ___ talk
  24. 41. Having no currency
  25. 42. Result of labor half the time?
  26. 43. Leo's advisee on "The West Wing"
  27. 44. Anatomical tube
  28. 45. Writing rooms
  29. 47. Single or double
  30. 51. Breaking news
  31. 52. It sets occupancy limits
  32. 53. Classical squares
  33. 54. Academic references
  34. 55. Stretching muscle
  35. 56. "Hold on ... did I hear that correctly?"

Down

  1. 1. Area between an upper and lower deck
  2. 2. A long time in Barcelona
  3. 3. Experienced lacrimation
  4. 4. Reassuring words for a fallen tot
  5. 5. Sportscaster Dick
  6. 6. They're filled for a production
  7. 7. Fermi, for one
  8. 8. Muscle mag subject
  9. 9. Comic strip character surnamed DeGroot
  10. 10. "Trains and Winter Rains" singer, 2008
  11. 11. Like ziggurats and some mesas
  12. 12. Lots of outgoing people
  13. 13. Results of knocking things off
  14. 14. Nonentity
  15. 20. Imposed
  16. 22. Imposed (on)
  17. 24. Groups sharing views
  18. 25. Embryonic
  19. 26. Subject to a hissy fit
  20. 27. Bank postings
  21. 28. Real mess
  22. 29. Sum at risk
  23. 31. Sum in English
  24. 32. Maniac Mansion console, for short
  25. 34. Brief afterthoughts, in brief
  26. 37. Info on cover sheets
  27. 38. Wigs out
  28. 41. Item authorized by Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
  29. 43. Captain Clutch of baseball
  30. 44. One who made many Shakespeare characters sing?
  31. 45. Blind part
  32. 46. Aoki of the Champions Tour
  33. 47. Actress Carano of "Fast & Furious 6," 2013
  34. 48. Ice planet in "The Empire Strikes Back"
  35. 49. Bean sprout?
  36. 50. Follower of alpha and beta
  37. 52. Couple or so

This puzzle was published on Friday, Aug 28, 2015 in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. Edited by Will Shortz.

— NYTimes

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