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NY Times, Sat, May 28, 2016 by NYTimes

Across

  1. 1. Case closer
  2. 7. French frozen desserts
  3. 13. Entangle
  4. 15. Fruit
  5. 16. Like taxes and fines
  6. 18. Doing time
  7. 19. Sound effect in the comic "B.C."
  8. 20. Decorative skewer for serving hors d'oeuvres
  9. 22. VW Golf hatchback
  10. 23. 11-Down sort
  11. 25. Manfred succeeded him as baseball commissioner in 2015
  12. 26. Spot at an airport
  13. 27. "Get ___!"
  14. 29. South of Brazil?
  15. 30. Shut down
  16. 31. 1999 parody featuring the starship Protector
  17. 34. What 28 states are
  18. 35. Rap
  19. 36. Some 40th-birthday gag gifts
  20. 37. N.F.L. coach Rivera
  21. 38. Spruced up
  22. 42. Capital of Washington?
  23. 43. "___ thou no poison mix'd ...?": "Romeo and Juliet"
  24. 45. ___ Bottling Company (Cleveland fixture for over 85 years)
  25. 46. "___ expected ..."
  26. 47. Beverage made with petals
  27. 49. When Mex. celebrates Independence Day
  28. 50. Distraught
  29. 52. Spills inadvertently
  30. 54. Title brat of kid-lit
  31. 55. Go back over
  32. 56. Opposite of took off
  33. 57. "Gotcha"

Down

  1. 1. Miss Hungary of 1936, familiarly
  2. 2. One way to break out
  3. 3. The marrying kind?
  4. 4. Marital lead-in
  5. 5. Second wife of Einstein
  6. 6. Shows signs of aging
  7. 7. "Morning Mood" composer
  8. 8. Time of self-sacrifice
  9. 9. Lummox
  10. 10. Feature of many decorative vases
  11. 11. High-and-mighty
  12. 12. IBM logo feature
  13. 14. He said "You kind of live and die by the serve"
  14. 17. Provider of more bells and whistles
  15. 21. 1960s sitcom matriarch
  16. 24. Lummoxes
  17. 26. Bit of fraternity party detritus
  18. 28. Things to blaze
  19. 30. Keep informed
  20. 32. Head overseas?
  21. 33. Play starters, for short
  22. 34. Pitching aid
  23. 35. [Spoiler alert!] He dies in "The Force Awakens"
  24. 36. Like many cheeses and tablets
  25. 39. Sights at a Supercharger
  26. 40. What gets broken at a mixer
  27. 41. "Hot dog!"
  28. 43. Wasn't sure, say
  29. 44. Heads overseas?
  30. 47. Smoke screen
  31. 48. Repeated words in a multiple-count verdict reading
  32. 51. "Little Birds" author
  33. 53. Title meaning "majesty"

This puzzle was published on Saturday, May 28, 2016 in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. Edited by Will Shortz.

— NYTimes

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