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NY Times, Sat, May 14, 2016 by NYTimes

Across

  1. 1. Colorful carnival offerings
  2. 9. Off-key
  3. 13. Farm-to-table advocate
  4. 14. What's now yours
  5. 15. Words recited before "gratia plena, Dominus tecum"
  6. 16. Put one's nose to the grindstone
  7. 17. Moldable kitchen stuff
  8. 18. Like President Paul Kagame
  9. 19. Actress Singer of "Footloose" and TV's "Fame"
  10. 20. Skipper whose #6 was retired in 2014
  11. 21. Where many nuts are housed
  12. 24. "The Mod Squad" role
  13. 25. Drifted off
  14. 26. Supermodel Wek
  15. 27. Terminal giant, once
  16. 30. Cutting-edge device named for its versatility
  17. 32. Grp. with many missionaries
  18. 33. Tightener of locks
  19. 35. Bucks, e.g.
  20. 37. Golf takeback, maybe
  21. 38. Crusades, e.g.
  22. 40. Like some food and flattery
  23. 42. Promote to annoyance
  24. 44. Piano bar?
  25. 45. Criticized
  26. 48. Hard up
  27. 49. Cooler person to live with?
  28. 50. Charon's passengers
  29. 51. Language of the Twelve Tables
  30. 52. Revival V.I.P.s, perhaps
  31. 53. They corral kids

Down

  1. 1. Some industrial waste
  2. 2. Cutting-edge
  3. 3. Its name comes from Nahuatl for "jaguar"
  4. 4. Z28 and ZL1
  5. 5. They're often standing when the curtains are lowered
  6. 6. Sushi wrapper
  7. 7. Mayo's place
  8. 8. Arabian ___
  9. 9. Polish giant, once
  10. 10. Part of a rig
  11. 11. Like runs caused by errors
  12. 12. Hillbilly sorts
  13. 14. Flawlessly
  14. 16. Lures with music
  15. 18. Optimistic
  16. 20. Setting of "The Sun Also Rises" and "Some Like It Hot"
  17. 22. Spanglish or Franglais component
  18. 23. Plant poisonous to cattle
  19. 27. "Cross my heart"
  20. 28. Material used in apitherapy
  21. 29. Shelled shill
  22. 31. By the book
  23. 34. Tidbits
  24. 36. Store locator, maybe
  25. 39. Move like a tornado
  26. 41. Union jack?
  27. 43. Pickup line?
  28. 45. Hew
  29. 46. He played the U.S. president in "Canadian Bacon," 1995
  30. 47. Fox network?
  31. 49. 24-Across, for one

This puzzle was published on Saturday, May 14, 2016 in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. Edited by Will Shortz.

— NYTimes

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