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NY Times, Fri, Sep 02, 2016 by NYTimes

Across

  1. 1. Ultimate necessity
  2. 8. Needs grease, maybe
  3. 14. Cup holder
  4. 15. School whose mascot is Riptide the Pelican
  5. 16. Became untied
  6. 17. Intro to Comp Sci, for Data Structures, e.g.
  7. 18. Push away
  8. 19. Giant in sports entertainment
  9. 20. Made new?
  10. 21. Something you might take a pass on
  11. 22. Valuable diamond
  12. 24. Hosp. readout
  13. 25. Bigwig
  14. 28. One ___ (multivitamin)
  15. 29. Highly sought-after things
  16. 31. Foucault's "This Is Not ___"
  17. 32. This
  18. 36. Certain powerful engines, briefly
  19. 37. Warrants
  20. 38. Newswoman Burnett
  21. 39. Guiding light?
  22. 40. Writes to briefly?
  23. 43. Replies of understanding
  24. 44. Month with two natl. holidays
  25. 45. Auto name discontinued in 1986
  26. 48. One is a prize for scoring
  27. 50. Endowed with from the start, as money
  28. 52. Nobody special
  29. 53. Mace and shield, e.g.
  30. 54. Took for a ride
  31. 55. Hopeful
  32. 56. Closely following
  33. 57. Order that's rarely followed?

Down

  1. 1. Play
  2. 2. Fair, e.g.
  3. 3. Key
  4. 4. Gem
  5. 5. Place for a long run, maybe
  6. 6. Big ___ Conference
  7. 7. Summer Olympics event
  8. 8. "A Prairie Home Companion" broadcast site
  9. 9. Becomes a traitor
  10. 10. "Where Is the Life That Late ___?" ("Kiss Me, Kate" number)
  11. 11. One with connections to traveling speakers?
  12. 12. Largest sesamoid bones
  13. 13. Et ___ (footnote abbr.)
  14. 14. Not one's best effort, in coachspeak
  15. 21. Ache
  16. 23. They can turn red in a flash
  17. 26. Contract employee?
  18. 27. Actor with the title role in "Robin Hood: Men in Tights"
  19. 28. Loan figs.
  20. 29. Beam
  21. 30. Some linemen: Abbr.
  22. 31. Just do it
  23. 32. Baseball exec Epstein
  24. 33. What to call Judge Judy
  25. 34. Words of longing
  26. 35. Some help from above
  27. 39. Southernmost city on I-35
  28. 40. Looms
  29. 41. Wolverine of Marvel Comics, e.g.
  30. 42. Derisive reaction
  31. 44. Reno, for one
  32. 46. They're not pros
  33. 47. Animal in un parc zoologique
  34. 49. Old "Red, White & You" sloganeer
  35. 50. Small nail
  36. 51. River to the Seine
  37. 52. "What you can get away with," according to Andy Warhol

This puzzle was published on Friday, Sep 02, 2016 in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. Edited by Will Shortz.

— NYTimes

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