Across
1._ Newt— commonly used in a witch’s brew
6. Outdoor grilling sessions, briefly or something you can get at SAUCED and Bubba’s (to name a few) in Eureka Springs
10. Pitchfork-shaped letters
14. Good king of Christmas carol fame
16. Bryce Canyon locale, or where the Sundance Film Festival was held each year until 2026.
17. Wisconsin
18. New York
19. Junior sports league located throughout Western Canada and the U.S. Pacific Northwest
20. Discount event on a retailer’s site
21. Month when mischief is in bloom
22. Greek-letter house, informally
23. City found in Florida and Italy
25. What you might do to a Fiat or fettuccine?
28. Twain title character in his novel about two
oys who swap lives and learn that you should walk a mile in someone else’s shoes — especially if you make the rules that they live by.
29. Ill-mannered louts
30. Hawaiian greeting, shaka sign
33. Captain who says “Well, gentlemen, between ourselves and home are 27,000 sea miles”
34. Many, many moons
35. Like 25 Across, archaically
36. Former name of trans man actor in Juno and Tallulah
38. Tangy fruit used in South Asian cuisines for curries and refreshing drinks
39. Verdi opera based on Shakespeare’s Moor
40. Tongue, anatomically speaking
41. AT&T’s Telstar, e.g.
42. In Gnosticism this is a divine being that exists between the pieces of the divine in The individual and the True God
43. Salad veggies, informally
44. Comes to a standstill
46. Friend in France
49. Texter’s farewell
50. Emotional detachment
52. “See you later!”
53. Texas
54. Rectangular paver
55. Loretta who wrote “I remember well, the well where I drew water”
56. “Duty, Honor, Country” e.g.
Down
1. Expression of disgust
2. Michelle of “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
3. Chemical compound
4. Condition of TV’s “Monk” and Howie Mandel
5. Frantic activity, or a state of chills and aches
6. Uncomfortable swelling known all too well by menopausal women
7. Event attended by Cinderella, also known as The Blacklight — at Chelsea’s
8. Played by Oliva Colman in The Favourite or what Lovell Winery used be known as
9. Concorde, e.g.: abbr
10. Salad ingredient that might make you cry
11. Warehouse spaces
12. Medical condition suffix that indicates infection
13. Silverstein who wrote “All the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.”
15. Agave fibre used in rope-making (or how you might answer your server in Puerto Vallarta when asked if you would like more salt)
21. Arkansas
22. Alaska
24. Summer mo.
25. French clergyman
26. Child’s toy figure
27. The question to which the answer should almost always be “No, you are simply, and perfectly, you.”
28. American Samoa
30. In a wholesome manner (or how Emily prepares everything at So Good)
31. _ n’ont pas de pain, qu’ils mangent de la brioche” — Marie Antoinette
32. Literary pseudonym of Charles Lamb who wrote on contentment: “The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.”
37. Military wing of the Chinese Communist Party: Abbr.
40. Improve your C average
41. Adorable person, informally
42. Of Swiss peaks
43. What Channing could have carved into a tree if he had dated Chloe Sevigny in grade school
45. In Chinese mythology there were once 10 of these, and a hero named Hou Yi shot down nine, leaving us with this
46. “___ Misbehavin’”
47. Champagne brand, casually
48. Get ___ shape
50. Score twice over: abbr.
51. ___-Caps (candy)
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