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NY Times, Sat, Jun 18, 2016 by NYTimes

Across

  1. 1. Tavern assistant
  2. 8. Person typically taking Torts and Contracts
  3. 12. Literary reference
  4. 13. Roast, e.g.
  5. 15. Outsider politician's target
  6. 18. Retail giant whose catalog comes in 17 languages
  7. 19. "We're doomed!"
  8. 20. Wendi ___, ex-wife of Rupert Murdoch
  9. 21. Parts of some law profs.' résumés
  10. 22. Year in the reign of Antoninus Pius
  11. 23. Hudgens and Huxtable
  12. 26. Skedaddled
  13. 27. Not skedaddle
  14. 28. It may have a stretch in it
  15. 31. One end of Fla.'s Sunshine Skyway Bridge
  16. 33. Currency of West Africa
  17. 34. About 3 1/4 light-years
  18. 35. Ice dam locale
  19. 36. Juillet's time
  20. 37. Picks on
  21. 41. Kind of bulb, for short
  22. 42. "Can I get an ___?"
  23. 43. "You ain't ___!"
  24. 46. Strong competition?
  25. 49. What's this, Señor?
  26. 50. Arm wave or finger snap
  27. 53. Hot times?
  28. 54. "The application of democracy to love," per H. L. Mencken
  29. 55. "Fair point"
  30. 56. Some rigs

Down

  1. 1. Poet who wrote "Tyger! Tyger! burning bright"
  2. 2. Hit 2004 sci-fi film with a 2007 sequel
  3. 3. Fugitives
  4. 4. Some undergrad degs.
  5. 5. Part of the conjugation for "avoir"
  6. 6. Aquarium decorations
  7. 7. Sounds of doom, maybe
  8. 8. ___ law
  9. 9. Word sung four times before "Born is the King of Israel"
  10. 10. The thyroid is part of it
  11. 11. Female Action Comics character
  12. 12. Inside
  13. 14. Network's concern
  14. 16. Oscar-nominated actor for "The Aviator"
  15. 17. Spitballs, e.g.
  16. 24. "Big" comics character
  17. 25. Where you may need to read the fine print
  18. 29. Liberal political activist Ralph
  19. 30. Isaac Asimov's "The Bicentennial Man," e.g.
  20. 31. Atlanta women's college
  21. 32. Food item cooked "to a light golden color"
  22. 38. ___ Stewart, singer of the 1979 #1 hit "Knock on Wood"
  23. 39. Add a layer to
  24. 40. One of Buddha's 10 disciples
  25. 44. Things that lead to Rome?
  26. 45. ___ a one
  27. 47. Kind of bar
  28. 48. Start of Massachusetts' motto
  29. 51. One making a report
  30. 52. Ancient times, in bygone days

This puzzle was published on Saturday, Jun 18, 2016 in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. Edited by Will Shortz.

— NYTimes

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